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Does torque spec change with SS allen head bolts?

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K2-K6:

--- Quote from: Bryanj on May 06, 2022, 12:13:05 PM ---A second engineer i sailed with told me "till it snaps and back half a turn" got really peed off with me when i did a flange joint with 3/8 bsf like that

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K2-K6:
Additionally, a traditional Allen key has a built in torque setting in use. When nearly tight, use just your finger right at the end of the lever and it'll start to bend (springy) just as it reaches the tight enough point, the reason they are all different lengths to facilitate this.

For the OP all bolts made of steel into aluminium threads will ultimately strip the aluminium threads out if too tight, and so you're right to be careful in assembly of this.

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