Thread: Broken Bolt FYI
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Old 10-22-2010, 01:43 PM
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your bolt broke from overstressing the last thread probably from over tightening and the bolt being at the last thread(too long) not shear!!!

This part does not even need a bolt, a trailer hitch receiver pin with a hairpin would do the job just fine. You are overtightening a fastner trying to collapse two members of a very stout piece which only needs the center tube snugged up----
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