<VV> oil filter and alternator mount bolts...

[Kirby Smith]

OK, but are bolts normally torqued to yield?

kirby


JVHRoberts at aol.com wrote:
> Keep in mind, that bolts are elastic. The number of threads picking up 
> the load will be whatever it takes. In steel, if you torque to yield, 
> it's more than three threads. If only three threads picked up the load 
> in a torque to yield application, most bolts would start to strip! So, 
> clearly there's more going on here. The bolt will stretch and deform, 
> either elastically or plastically to equalize the load as needed.
>  
> In a message dated 7/31/2005 10:37:56 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, 
> kirbyasmith at gwi.net writes:
> 
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