<VV> Rear Wheel Hubs
Sethracer@aol.com
Sethracer@aol.com
Mon, 24 Jan 2005 02:35:54 EST
In a message dated 1/23/2005 4:57:12 AM Pacific Standard Time,
emills5@cfl.rr.com writes:
My question is twofold. The first concerns why the general went from 1/4"
bolts to 5/16" bolts. Obviously the larger ones on 66 forward are stronger,
but was this done due to failure of the smaller ones, or just a precaution.
My belief is that the manufacturing engineers wanted to diffrentiate those
bolts from another 1/4-20 grade "nothing" bolt in use there. It was not a
production line problem, although it might be a good test to see how often they
were correctly torqued. The drive shafts U-joiunt straps were installed totally
separately than the valve cover bolts - which they resemble. But I have
found grade "nothing" bolts in place on driveshafts and grade 8 bolts on valve
covers - Hmmm? Could that be the reason?
Seth Emerson
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