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Originally Posted by Steeveedee
I'm curious about people's experience with the lifetime of bolts used in place of rivets. Rivets place thousands of pounds of clamping force, and are smooth (and fit quite closely in the holes, as well). Bolts are put in with hundreds of pounds of clamping force, and usually are installed in holes that are oversize. One might end up with the frame racking to some degree because of the hole slop, at a minimum.
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I thought about that ...7/16 is pretty tight and in some cases i had to hone a bit... I also replaced all grade 5 with grade 8 ....I will be driving this truck and report back in a few years if I see any slop
God Willing