I had a similiar experience, with a Home Cheepo bolt.
Problem was, I was trying to atach the lower bracket of an
alternator, on my van. The bolt sheared off. I had not
torqued it very much. 3/8 drive wrench, no extender bar, and
not even much muscle power. Not with any real torque. I
decided to leave it there, and eventually junked the van.

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"Jon Danniken" wrote in
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I tightened up a 1/4" lag screw that I bought from Home
Depot earlier this
evening. It was screwed into 1.5" fir after pre-drilling
with a 1/8" pilot
hole.

After it bottomed out, I turned it just a little bit more,
holding a 3/8"
ratchet handle close to the shaft, not out on the handle. I
wasn't giving
it much torque, just making sure that it was secure, when it
turned to
butter.

It was less torque tha I have used in the past to tighten
drywall screws.

Here is the result:

http://i45.tinypic.com/35i981s.jpg

On the plus side, it was really easy to drill a little hole
in the piece
that is still left in the wood (the hole is for the EZ out).

I'm actually glad that this came apart on me; at least I
know to get some
halfway decent ones now before something failed with more
catastrophic
results.

Be careful what you build with the fasteners you buy from
the bulk bin at
Home Depot.

Jon