Torque Spec's For Blade Bolts ?

[soulman]

Grade 6????????? Who sells a grade 6?

Any hardware store or auto parts store. One of the easiest grades to find. It will be harder to find grade 8. As I said I was just guessing what bolt was holding the blades on and I get most of my torque specs from a chart which is by grade and size.

There are no grade six fasteners, at least for any type of normal use. Grade 2 or 5 are easiest to find, grade 8 not that difficult.

 

[reynoldston]

Down south all you see is grade 8, grade 5 and grade 2, but mostly 5 and 8.

And not to hijack a thread, but you are talking hex head capscrews right, not bolts?

Just looking at a chart and not thinking, you are right grade 5. Yes we call them hex head cap screws here in the north, also as being the proper name. But also this isn't a english test. Yes when I order new hardware I call them hex head cap screws. I guess here on the forum I just call them a bolt just like most prople do.

 

[hitmanharleyk]

The reason I asked was that is what I do for a living, I sell "nut's and bolts" plus other industrial maintenance supplies.

 

[reynoldston]

The reason I asked was that is what I do for a living, I sell "nut's and bolts" plus other industrial maintenance supplies.

If I am buying a large amount of hardware I buy from a company called Fastenal. If I just need just a small amount Tractor Supply Co. sells nuts and bolts by the lb. Around here the local hardware store is too expensive to buy nuts and bolts. I find most cap screws I buy are a grade 5 unless I want them to shear off easy like rototiller shafts I use a grade 2 and I use a grade 8 on mower blades. I guess still being old school yet I still use like to use inch and foot lbs. but seeing that meteric fasteners have taken over we will have to change with the times and start useing Kilograms or what ever you want to call them.