Factory Frame Rivets verses Grade 8 Bolts
#32
01-12-2013, 04:26 PM
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Indeed it is. No matter what happens to a jackstand, that tire will leave the plastic surgeon a little something to work with. Figurin' my wife will give them my insurance card and a PIC of Ryan Gosling and I'll be set in a year or two.
#33
01-12-2013, 05:49 PM
Yes, the jack stands are a little overkill but the ones that I was using were 50 years old made of stamped sheet metal and they wobbled when you hit something with a hammer (did lots of that with the spring pivot pins).
I'm surprised that nobody made a comment about the yellow Smartcar. My wife drive that so I can afford more truck parts.
I'm surprised that nobody made a comment about the yellow Smartcar. My wife drive that so I can afford more truck parts.
#34
01-12-2013, 05:51 PM
Yes, the jack stands are a little overkill but the ones that I was using were 50 years old made of stamped sheet metal and they wobbled when you hit something with a hammer (did lots of that with the spring pivot pins).
I'm surprised that nobody made a comment about the yellow Smartcar. My wife drives that so I can afford more truck parts.
I'm surprised that nobody made a comment about the yellow Smartcar. My wife drives that so I can afford more truck parts.
#35
01-12-2013, 06:04 PM
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Yes, the jack stands are a little overkill but the ones that I was using were 50 years old made of stamped sheet metal and they wobbled when you hit something with a hammer (did lots of that with the spring pivot pins).
I'm surprised that nobody made a comment about the yellow Smartcar. My wife drive that so I can afford more truck parts.
I'm surprised that nobody made a comment about the yellow Smartcar. My wife drive that so I can afford more truck parts.
#36
01-12-2013, 06:33 PM
Yes, the jack stands are a little overkill but the ones that I was using were 50 years old made of stamped sheet metal and they wobbled when you hit something with a hammer (did lots of that with the spring pivot pins).
I'm surprised that nobody made a comment about the yellow Smartcar. My wife drive that so I can afford more truck parts.
I'm surprised that nobody made a comment about the yellow Smartcar. My wife drive that so I can afford more truck parts.
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01-12-2013, 08:33 PM
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01-13-2013, 10:17 AM
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Turn that around; Do you want to be re-torquing crossmember bolts every 6 months to be sure they still have tension? I'm not sure Grade 8 bolts are the appropriate fastener to replace rivets; structural bolts are a different metallurgy and are torqued to a stretch. The nuts in particular are heavier. You don't want to ever have to go back to re-tighten the girder bolts on a skyscraper.
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01-13-2013, 10:19 AM
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