Re: Grade 5 or Grade 8 for Axle U-Bolts?
[Re: Mopar_Country]
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 Absolutely grade 8
,,,,Dorman makes a nice set of grade 8 repros,....CarQuest, or Parts America, or NAPA usually carry Dorman products,....nuts are included
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Re: Grade 5 or Grade 8 for Axle U-Bolts?
[Re: can.al]
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..grade 8 is harder/stonger because of a higher carbon content...when it fails it may snap because being harder it will be more brittle.
grade 5 is not as strong but will probably bend and stay in tact unless really stretched.
grade 5 is fine for auto suspension components but it has to be sized correctly.
i.e a 1/4 grade 5 bolt might not be strong enough for a certain component so a 3/8 would be used.
Stronger is not always better, sometimes more ductility is required.
I would, however, avoid Chinese fasteners on a critical application like this.
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Re: Grade 5 or Grade 8 for Axle U-Bolts?
[Re: DAYCLONA]
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Absolutely grade 8
,,,,Dorman makes a nice set of grade 8 repros,....CarQuest, or Parts America, or NAPA usually carry Dorman products,....nuts are included
Guess where the bulk if not all of the Dorman stuff is being made these days ?
Not to say that the MP stuff or the stock a local truck spring shop isn't coming from there also .
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Re: Grade 5 or Grade 8 for Axle U-Bolts?
[Re: fourgearsavoy]
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Mancini sells the good ones with the knurling on the inside to keep the axle in place 
Gus 
I ordered a set from Mancini a few years ago. I asked if they were flattened and knurled like OEM, their resonse was yes. What I got was typical round U-bolts. 
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Re: Grade 5 or Grade 8 for Axle U-Bolts?
[Re: JohnRR]
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Absolutely grade 8
,,,,Dorman makes a nice set of grade 8 repros,....CarQuest, or Parts America, or NAPA usually carry Dorman products,....nuts are included
Guess where the bulk if not all of the Dorman stuff is being made these days ?
Not to say that the MP stuff or the stock a local truck spring shop isn't coming from there also .
It's inevitiable John,....your just going to have to bite the "Chinese bullet"  ,....made in the USA has been a joke for close to several decades now,......maybe I'll tell you someday, the story when I worked for a major manufacturer, about 30 yrs ago that, when orders couldn't be processed enough,......the tailers stocked with "back up" items from China, India, Taiwian, etc were used, and packaged in their boxes, which read, "Made with Pride in the USA",...even when you purchase an item "made in the USA",.......were do you think the raw, or base componets come from?,......being in the manufacturering sector for about thirty years now, working for manufactures making everything from automotive componets (Chrysler and Ford were our biggest customers) to computer hardware, to home appliances,electronics, you name it, even componets for the space program,.....you'd be amazed the amount of foreign componets, sub assemblies, base materials, etc that are in EVERYTHING you buy, regardless of the "made in USA" claim to fame,....go overseas and you'll see that we flood their market with crap "made in the USA',....it's just a viscous circle,...and being made in the USA solely, is no guarrantee of quality either 
You pick up those AMD/Chinese 69 Bee qtrs yet?
Mike
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