Thread: All you want to know about bolts...Grade 5 or 8 or aircraft or whatever....
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Old 05-27-2005, 08:46 AM
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Default Dan, I agree
Dan,
I was taught the same way.
Grade 5 bolts yield and stretch prior to failure.
Grade 8 snap like a crisp cracker.
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