Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Xeno Newsgroups: alt.home.repair,rec.autos.tech Subject: Re: stainless steel bolts Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2024 19:09:58 +1100 Lines: 33 Message-ID: References: <0a446412adf840d0919764ec418895c5aa33204f@novabbs.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net Txlel70h8VrTVoHQilklzQk07rS3TnfbCCe/PMj8zeL8Zvb5Jo Cancel-Lock: sha1:plmUE8k6sPbNHjw/603kZV3fE88= sha256:3fr3ZdDdU7Jrw/8BYxzuciC6xiPkI8d1gJR5Alu06P0= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-AU In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2212 On 8/11/2024 10:35 am, Colour Sergeant Bourne wrote: > On 11/6/24 5:49 PM, Paul in Houston TX wrote: >> Larry Wolff wrote: >>> How can I tell if these bolts are stainless steel or not? >>> https://i.postimg.cc/8cMgwY4Y/bolts.jpg >>> >>> All I know is they're heavy feeling - and magnetic. >>> >>> But how do I know if they're stainless short of purposefully rusting >>> them >>> by dipping them in acid? >> >> If the pic is of the actual bolts... >> The bolts do not look like stainless - they look like low quality >> steel bolts plated with zinc.  The manufacturing looks poor. >> IMO, they are the 13 cent variety, not the $1.13 variety.  Same for >> the nuts. They are the 5 cent variety, not the 55 cent variety. >> There is low quality stainless but I have never seen that used in nuts >> and bolts.  Threaded pieces are normally 18-8 or better and have >> better machining. > > Whar are the tip-offs in the picture that they ared ow quality? > Having had experience with high quality bolts would be a start. Then look at the thread - that is visibly of poor quality, as is the shaping of the head of the bolt. Overall, looks like cheap Chinese shit! -- Xeno Nothing astonishes Noddy so much as common sense and plain dealing. (with apologies to Ralph Waldo Emerson)