The tension load on that bolt isn't much. Doesn't need to be that tight
actually.  like 35 to 40 lbstorque would beenough .
The shear load on it isn't that much either.
It's the kind of thing that if things stay in place, don't get loose, or
slide around , it will be fine.

just don't use some cheap junk from a hardware store.
I like a nylock nut on that bolt too.

On 4/16/2013 7:03 PM, neil n wrote:
> Heh heh. Hadn't thought of that! But......
>
> The letters were right side up when reading the numbers.
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> On the 'net, saw mention of 8G regarding metric fasteners.
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> I put the bolt in. If I snap it, I'm driving where I shouldn't!   ;)
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> Neil.
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> On 4/16/13, mark drillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote:
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>> I'm no authority on fasteners but I don't know about 8.6 and would guess
>> what you saw was 9.8 up side down.
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>> Mark
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>>
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