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Re: Just hardware grade
Great information! For those that don't know, a lot more goes into the grading of a bolt, and where it's used, rather than just needing the strongest bolt for a given situation.
Sometimes a bolt has a lower rating because it needs a sheer effect built in for safety purposes.
My dad was once in an accident driving a front loading garbage truck, and if he didn't jump out, the steering wheel would have went straight through his chest, because it punctured the seat and put a fat deep dent in the back of the cab.
Someone thought grade 8 was the right fastener to install that column and all of its hardware.
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