TA Bolt questions

[Les Huckins <jhuckins@xxxx>]

I'm wondering why those truly in the know don't post. Where are our
vendors, those who do repair work in quantity, what do they think, what
do they do? I can't believe they check every TA bolt on every car that
comes in, that's neither logical nor reasonable. Which bolt is in
current favor? That there have been failures is a given but what
percentage and under what conditions?

Toby feels that those who do not push the cars all that hard will very
likely not have bolt failure. Added to that, those who engineered the D
were not amateurs, quite the opposite, lots of experience.

It's quite likely that every car of every make has had some examples of
bolt failure at points of strain, the usual replacement has nearly
always been the factory original bolt.

While we are thrashing around trying to come up with good answers based
upon either limited experience or what we hear from others with limited
experience, the guys with the best answers are not saying anything.

Here's my read: we support the vendors, they support us. I'm waiting
for vendor input on this issue.

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