[DML] Re: TA Bolt questions

[jtrealty@xxxx]

I think you have done an excellant job of research on the TAB. The 
Delorean community couldn't afford to spend $$$ on this kind of 
expertise but we can all appreciate the effort. I think your bolts are 
well worth installing for anyone who has any doubts about the bolts 
they currently have installed or the "pedegree" of any they might 
purchess. One comment I must include. If your TAB is bent then your 
thrust angle (rear alignment) is OFF. You cannot have the wheel 
pointed in the right direction if the bolt is bent. Once a bolt bends 
it is now WEAKER than it was and a lower level of stress could now 
fracture it. If the stress was high enough to bend it in the first 
place it isn't too hard to consider that it could happen again but 
this time it snaps. Perhaps we should consider these old bolts "time 
lifed" at 10 years or some other # and just issue a volontary recall? 
There could also be an annual inspection of the bolts for corrosion 
and bending added to the normal inspection and maintaince. In aircraft 
when there is a critical fastener ( and there are many) they inspect 
them and replace them at so many hours of operation.
David Teitelbaum
vin 10757




--- In dmcnews@xxxx, tobyp@xxxx wrote:
> Hello List -- This is a reply to a request for technical comparisons 
> of different types of bolts.