[Ducati] Which 900 engines had the bad studs

[Rich Roberts]

I have no isues with waisted bolts, they saved my butt big time at least once. Rich

Don Hill <desmonic at sbcglobal.net> wrote:  Rich ... I'm certainly not an engineer, but I know the motor mount bolts on
my Audi 5 cylinder powered Volkswagon Eurovan/Westfalia are "waisted" ...
Also a very highly stressed bolt (grade 10.5, the motor/transmission HANGS
from 2 of them)
Don Hill

Subject: RE: [Ducati] Which 900 engines had the bad studs


that waisted section breaks. Do you work in the aviation mechanics field?
Where do you see such fasteners routinely?
>
> frugalyankee-cycles at yahoo.com wrote: Some of the 'waisted' fasteners I've
worked with over the years are the 'stretch' type (torque to yield).....
>
> Brad
> CT.


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