On the Midget Mustang and the M2 they recommend just moderately tight, not torqued to the full normal torque value. The reason is that when you torque it down real tight you stand the chance of overdoing it and cracking the bolt. You don't have that problem when it is just good and snug.
Brian Kraut Engineering Alternatives, Inc. www.engalt.com -----Original Message----- From: krnet-bounces+brian.kraut=engalt....@mylist.net [mailto:krnet-bounces+brian.kraut=engalt....@mylist.net]On Behalf Of Mark Langford Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 1:09 PM To: KRnet Subject: Re: KR> Powder Coating I should also mention that standard analysis procedure around here is to ignore friction (and therefore bolt tension) on bolted joints that are in shear, so they are not expected to be super tight anyway. Having tight bolts is "gravy" in the conservative stress guy's mind, because his design does not count on it, because you can't count on it staying tight forever... Mark Langford, Huntsville, Alabama see KR2S project N56ML at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford email to N56ML "at" hiwaay.net _______________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
