Re: Having a ball with a joint....

[Jeremy R King <kingjer@eng.auburn.edu>]

Yes.  The 8.8 means "grade 8".  If they're not at the local hardware, try
a fastener store.  There are two such stores here in Auburn (small town)
so there should be one near you.  Opelika Bolt and Screw (shouldn't the
order be reversed?) even sponsored our Formula SAE racer.

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On Fri, 21 Jun 1996, Michael Spiers wrote:

> > >  Get new ball joint bolts too, torque to spec....
> >
> >
> > 	Yes, and note that they have a particularly high hardness
> > 	grade (10.3, I think).
> 
> The pretty green-tinged jobs I've got in front of me say 10.9.  Cool.  HBL Audi
> had 'em on the shelf (at a bargain price of $2.51 each no less.)  The other
> bolts I need to replace are the inner control arm bolts, tehy have 8.8 on 'em.
>  Any local hardware store should have those right?  (HBL didn't have these, nor
> the nutz for the ball-joint bolt.)
> 
> -- 
> -Mike
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