[DeTomaso] a few good bolts

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 12/27/11 16 45 45, wkooiman at earthlink.net writes:


> I doubt that the shank provides any shear support.  Isn't it the friction 
> from the clamping force that keeps it all together?
> 

The torque is transmitted by the shank of the bolts; the flat flanges are 
just there to support the bolts and the nuts.   That's why it's crucial to 
NOT use ordinary bolts, which would be threaded where they pass through the 
flanges.   You must use bolts with a proper shank.   You can make them 
yourself by cutting down longer bolts (longer bolts will normally have a certain 
amount of the shank un-threaded), but the smart/easy thing to do is just buy 
the proper bolts in the first place.

Mike