Originally Posted by FastmOp
How many main studs you ever torqued?

They move when you apply load. Jamming into the taper is a wedge.


So, we now circle back to our starting point, one only needs enough threads to top out on the stud's threads and jam(?) the stud, because the studs move under load, and what happens in the female threads beyond the bottom of the stud is of little concern and does not automatically require a bottoming tap.
Have I got this right?

Reality check, that half the population is smarter then 50% of the people and it's a constantly contested fact.