<VV> RE: caged nut repair/ proper materials

[mhicks130 at cox.net]

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Grade 8 stainless nuts and bolts are available. I would not use anything 
else on suspension pieces no matter what the car was used for.
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That's good to hear, all the stainless fasteners I've seen are made from 300 series stainless (18-8) which is nicely corrosion resistant but not particularly strong (in comparrison to allow steels).  I wonder though if these high strength stainless steel fasteners are as corrosion resistant as the lesser strength ones.  They've got to better than the allow steel grade 8 hardware though - which is a good thing.

mike