3/8 grade 8 fasteners need a hair more than 30 ft/lbs IMO. I would torque them to 38-40 ft/lbs. A lbs or two either way should hurt it. But to work properly they need the pre load and stretch some.. That fastener should be very similar to a rod bolt. Both are 3/8 and fine thread also, not that makes a huge diff.
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