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Originally Posted by Trip
If it was just the bolt I would of went to Ace and bought some stainless hardware to replace it. Bolts is bolts.
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Stick to electrons.
A circuit breaker is a circuit breaker, right?
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Originally Posted by Gas Man
SS bolts are only grade 5
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Basically correct, in terms of the yield/tensile strength they're pretty close to SAE grade 5. Stainless bolts don't carry a grade/class designation, though they are covered by various (confusing) specifications. The commonly available stuff is 18-8 stainless, and min. properties/dimensions are specified by ASME B18.2.1
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Originally Posted by Gas Man
You can get chrome grade 8 bolts which end up being what they call 8.8 grade.
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Negative.
'8.8' is a metric class designation which is roughly equivalent to SAE grade 5 fasteners, and they are available in chrome-plated.
Class 10.9 are roughly equivalent to SAE grade 8, and 12.9 is an even stronger class which doesn't have an equivalent SAE counterpart.
(Sorry to geek-out on ya, but I had to chime in since this crap has been my bread & butter for a while...
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In that application, I'd use 10.9 - but then I don't think I'd use those adjusters in the first place, since I think they're a poor design (even though they look kinda cool).