I've never sheared a bolt. Earlier this year I sheared a stainless steel skewer I got from Jordan Hufnagel when he was still making bikes and small bike parts.
On Friday, October 24, 2014 2:15:46 PM UTC-5, Andrew Drummond wrote: > > I've got a bike with stainless dropouts, and I'd never ever consider using > stainless fasteners in those. It might be ok if the screw is coated > liberally with anti-seize, but to me it's not worth the risk. I like the > chrome-plated screws NItto supplies. On carbon steel dropouts, sure, but > stainless in stainless is almost sure to gall. I've had to drill out a > screw and re-tap the hole when I thoughtlessly used a ss fastener in the > wrong place. > > Andrew > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
