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Re: Avalanche steering gear broken bolts
Posted to Technical Discussion Forum on 2/15/2017 1 Reply

I'll try and share these pictures with our metallurgist this afternoon and get his thoughts if you don't mind.

Preliminary SWAG is hydrogen embrittlement. Those look to be black oxide coated? What sort of coating/coloring did the replacement bolts have? Login to read more.

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