Crusty Rusty Leaky Squeaky 67 Step

[Troy Sr]

Originally Posted by Vic1947

The rest of the parts for the steering linkage came in today and once I got the pieces trial assembled, I began to torque the fasteners. Started with the steering sector and on the fourth bolt as I was drawing it up, the head sheared off. You can see from the photo that there must have been a fracture thru half of it. Hazards of reusing hardware I guess, although this particular bolt was grade 8 which makes the fail a bit more surprising.

Engine assembly is next.

Hello Vic,

Lovin the build just keep tellin' yourself it's a "Daily Driver" .

I noticed that you had a Grade * high strength bolt snap on you. I've delt with this in the past and it's called Hydrogen Embrittlement and occurs mostly in higher strength bolts it can be taken care of by doing some baking of the fasteners. I'm attaching some links for your reading pleasure. I'm not saying that this what's your problem but I'd hate to not say something and have one break at an bad time. Anyway great build!!!

http://www.greensladeandcompany.com/...oks%20like.pdf

http://ftp.rta.nato.int/public/PubFu...AVT-140-20.pdf