<VV> Leaf Spring

Dave Thompson dave.thompson at verizon.net
Thu Nov 12 22:41:21 EST 2009


Just curious,
Are you guys using grade 8 bolts for the outer ends of the 64 leaf spring? I
have heard that grade 8 is a Must for those bolts & nuts.

Dave Thompson

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Hughes [mailto:corvairdad at gmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 10:44 AM
To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: Re: <VV> Leaf Spring

MIne broke by failure of the threaded connection between the nut and bolt.

On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 11:47 AM, corvairduval at cox.net <corvairduval at cox.net
> wrote:

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> <snip>
> Did yours break where the cotter key hole is, or another location?
>
>
> Frank DuVal
>
> --
> Tom in Baltimore
> corvairfleet.blogspot.com
>





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