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Fastener failure

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Dave21426

Automotive
Oct 19, 2011
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Does this look like a fracture failure in the fastener. 3 out of 5 bolts broke off of in a pressure washer pump head.
 
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The female threads do matter in determining the torque. If the hole is threaded into cast iron, I would not exceed 30,000 psi stress in the bolt, no matter what grade the bolt is. And, for a machine like this, I would strongly doubt that they would go to the expense of using Grade 8 bolts. Grade 2 is probably a better guess. I would use 4 ft-lbs, oiled.

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For charts of what UNBRAKO felt in 1996 were reasonable tapped hole thread engagement to achieve female thread strength sufficient to achieve full tensile strength of a quality socket head capscrew into brass, aluminum, cast iron and mild steel, look at page 66/68 here -

2.0 diameters minimum is pretty safe.

Note their comment on page 64/66 about attempts to compute lengths of tapped hole thread engagement and related factors "by formula" being "not entirely satisfactory". Thus what they chose to present in the technical section of their "engineering guide" were tables created using empirical data from tests done with non-digital threaded test pieces, real bolts, and torque wrenches of some type. Seems like something that could be confirmed pretty easily if I doubted UNBRAKO's credentials or intent, or feared typos had snuck in.
 
Anyone know where I can get a M7x1x35mm bolt. Socket cap or hex head, 12.9 strength? I cant seem to find one on the net.
 
Sounds like a special. What is it used on? May have to go the the OEM. Hope they are still around.
 
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