Mercrusier starter mounting bolt problem
"Tim" wrote in message
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On Aug 1, 6:57 pm, "Calif Bill" wrote:
"Larry W" wrote in message
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Tim wrote:
On Aug 1, 10:59 am, wrote:
Stainless steel is not particularly stronger that ordinary steel.
It's just stainless. If you want stronger then you need grade 5 or
grade 7 bolts.
The v8/v6 starter mounting has had that bracket from the back of the
starter to the block for a long time. I'm surprised someone had to
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Grade 7? I ahven't ehard of 7, but am familiar with grade 8.
I'm thinking that the reason that the brace was gone is probably
because somebody had changed out the starter before and deemed the
brace to be a PITA. and left it off with the thought of "We don't need
that after all, all it is...is a bracket!"
It was the original starter that failed and didn't have the bracket.
I have since put my hands on some extra brackets to use on future
similar
jobs.
Larry
Problem with grade 8's etc. are they are too strong. They will loosen in
a
lot of applications as you can not get enough stretch to preload the
bolt.
Bill, you're probably correct, but that's what they make washers for..
Lock nuts.
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