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Re: [GMCnet] Black List call [message #261648 is a reply to message #261638]

Thu, 11 September 2014 20:17

Jim Miller

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This is an excellent idea Randy - however it will take very close inspection to determine if the stripe has rotated appreciably considering that the heads on these bolts are very small in diameter - either 3/8" or 7/16" - and the thread is NF. Only a few degrees of rotation will be enough to diminish the tension in the bolt to the point of ineffectiveness and I suspect a torque stripe might not have the resolution to show this. The bolts are not in the most convenient locations for up-close visual inspection.

With regard to sourcing and re-using fasteners: the bolts are only a couple bucks each from McMaster-Carr and there's only a dozen of them in the GMC- in my mind their cost is negligible compared with the cost of being broken down on the road. For this reason I will be following the recommendation of the GM engineers in two ways: 1) torque to spec and 2) don't re-use the bolts.

--Jim Miller
1977 Eleganza II
1977 Royale
Hamilton, OH

On Sep 11, 2014, at 8:24 PM, Randy wrote:

> Why not put some blue torque stripe on the bolts after torquing them? Then when you do your walk around before a trip you can look up and check to see
> that the torque stripe is intact. Seems a lot easier than trying to drill holes and run safety wire.

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