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Originally Posted by fkheath
I have gotten hardware from McMaster too. Good source.
1. Just keep in mind that no stainless can be as strong as high strength steel.
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Correct, always the way it has been.
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Originally Posted by TRDHULK
ARP is always the way to go for hardware.
There item description for the ARP bolts:
"ARP's Bulk Metric Thread Bolts are the premium quality you would come to expect from ARP, now allowing you to fasten almost anything on a car, boat, trailer and more. These specially alloyed stainless steel bolts and heat-treated 8740 chrome moly bolts with black oxide finish are nominally rated at 180,000 psi tensile strength to provide a substantial amount of extra safety over grade 8 hardware. Available in sizes from M6 to M12."
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Hey boss you might wanna read the fine print, i think you may have missed it. They roped two sentences worth of stuff, into one sentence. There should have been a comma or period between the stainless and black oxide stuff, cause the stainless isnt even rated, even on ARP website. Only the black oxide is rated at 170,000 psi. Funny think is APR website doesnt give the logistics, you can find it on JEGS though using the APR part number.
Stainless has no indication of its tensile strength
The Official ARP Web Site | Kits
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chromoly black oxide steel has no indications on ARP site but says 170,000psi on Jegs site
The Official ARP Web Site | Kits
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Just from my experience, and i dont wanna say i am an expert in bolts, but i have worked with them before. Stainless is never and i mean NEVER as strong as steel, it stretches far more easily and pops the heads of bolts off much quicker and stretches the threads with a quickness if you get on it too hard. If this is just for show, then rock and roll dont pay it any attention, but if this is actually going to be a beadlock ring tension bolt, i would for sure prefer something beefier.
