Reuse of Bolts
Reuse of Bolts
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Anywhere, any code has prohibited reuse of high strength bolts?
Please if you know reference it.
Thanks
Please if you know reference it.
Thanks
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RE: Reuse of Bolts
RE: Reuse of Bolts
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RE: Reuse of Bolts
RE: Reuse of Bolts
The practice in my company is if the bolt or screw is below 75% of yield then its reusable, anything above that and its replaced.
In fact from my point of view and where possible I would always fit new fasteners.
RE: Reuse of Bolts
RE: Reuse of Bolts
Some of the suspension and brake parts on my old Volvo came factory equipped with thread locking guck applied.
The factory manual forbids their re-use. The torque spec is well below yield.
My belief is the loss of thread locking compound is behind the one use rule in that case.
RE: Reuse of Bolts
Turn-of-nut and use with new DTIs (squirting washers) should still work for tensioning. snug-tight shouldn't be a problem.