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question/poll (about nuts, erm I mean bolts)
Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2005 7:50 pm
by corsair
use the poll and comment below, I've broken 3 today, 2 were rusty 1 was brand new, maybe I'm just really strong because I wasn't even using a breaker bar or putting my body into it
Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 7:37 pm
by snowboarded
HE-MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
I don't think that they are supposed to break like that. I could be wrong tho.
Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 8:08 pm
by JasonGrahn
You're a moron. Anything will break if you pass its breaking point.
Was my craftsman ratchet supposed to break? No, but, well, I was using it as a breaker. So duh, of course it did.
What were you trying to use the bolt for and what spec were you torqueing it to?
Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 8:56 pm
by corsair
It was a seat mounting bolt for a garden tractor. I was tightening it to uh me pulling on the ratchet torque, I was using a regular sized Craftsman ratchet, no breaker bar or torque wrench.
Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 11:14 pm
by AWD_addict
What sort of heavy duty is the garden tractor seeing that it needs the seat bolts tightened as hard as possible?
Is this one of those racing lawn tractors?
Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 11:22 pm
by corsair
A Gravely 12 G Professional, almost as big as my Subaru!
Oh but I tweaked the throttle cable so I basically doubled the usable RPM range. I'm assuming the factory range was limited to the engine's peak power band or something sensable like that.
I wonder if we could put an EJ22 on it.
Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2005 7:32 am
by vrg3
What diameter was the bolt?
Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2005 5:07 pm
by corsair
5/16-18
I guess if I thought about and mentioned the size it'd all make sense.
The seat is at the local Gravely dealer getting new backets welded on the bottom. I wish I could weld.
Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 3:56 am
by vrg3
Yeah... 5/16" grade 5 hardware is fairly weak, and if it's rusty all bets are off.
Learn to weld!
Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 4:18 am
by corsair
figures
shame we don't have any shop classes anymore, I'd be all over that in a minute
Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 5:40 am
by vrg3
Maybe see if there are metalworking classes at your local community college or something?
Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 7:44 am
by AWD_addict
That's what I'm doing this summer. Twice a week in the evening.