"RoyJ" wrote:
The usual argument among the off road groups is that the lower grade (US
grade 5) bolts bend rather than break like the higher grade (US grade 8)
bolts. That's true but the grade 8 bolts take more stress than the grade 5
bolts do before they break. The off roaders like the bolts that bend, it
gives them a visual cue that they are about to do destructive things to
their rigs. But that means that the bolts that hold (and bend) are the
lower level items. And the argument goes on.

Thanks, Roy, that puts it into a good perspective.

Jon