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Find a local Industrial fastener store like Revcar or Fastenal and ask
about Zylan coated bolts. These are Teflon coated B7 grade and are generally
available in dark blue or green. Stainless steel bolts are pretty to look at but
do not respond the same as regular steel with respect to bolt load. The Teflon
bolts will not be attacked by anything you could throw at them and are good to
about 550 degrees F.
Rich
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Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2005 5:47
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Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] fasteners 12
bolt cover
powder coat them.....
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Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2005 5:42
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Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] fasteners
12 bolt cover
In a message dated 4/24/2005 5:37:41 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
a couple months ago i replaced the rear cover
on my 12 bolt with a t/a performance rear girdle. cover is alum? and
the fasteners were ARP black cap head bolts. in less than 3 months all 12
bolts are rusted and look awful on the cover. ARP was no help and t/a
suggested replacing with stainless bolts which they don't have available.
sounds ok but could there be some kind of metal interaction
going on? friend suggested some kind of grease between bolt and cover but
that seems like it would attract dirt. another suggested a anode
spacer between bolt and cover. any experience with this out there or any
suggestions? thanks, les. 70 ss 396.
They are natural steel that is not coated with anything, so they will
naturally rust as they come in contact with moisture. I would take
them off, sandblast them and paint them. Moisture is unavoidable so
the best thing to do is give them a coating to protect the steel from the
moisture in the air.
Tom
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