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rockfla · 06-29-2016, 07:39 AM

@ Joe Immler

Are you 100% sure his bolts are USA made? I saw nowhere on his site of that claim. I'm not here in anyway to BASH Roy, he is a fine fine man and even a finer person to deal with and we are ALL indebted to his service & Dedication to the Ford & V8 hobby but I am in the "Bolt" business and at this time there is only ONE bolt manufacturer that is "Commercial" producing bolts in the U.S and can "Truly" claim made in the USA and to my knowledge they are not producing thick head bolts like used on some applications.....at least not listed in their catalog that I can buy. That is not to say that he or he has a small machining facility that does his production work...I don't know and have never asked nor have I made any assumption as to where the point of manufacture is.....I will say ANY reputable company selling bolts, nuts, washers of MOST grades must submit lot samples for testing to have proper documentation for any and all bulk shipments of fasteners to be sold here in the US as to the proper chemical, physical and mill test reports for those Items and can be produced at the time of purchase. MOST "Cheap Chinese" bolts people complain about are a result of either previous damage (I.E over torque and bolt stretch and the subsequent re-over torque), too small of a fastener for the application or the wrong grade of fastener for the application.

06-29-2016, 07:39 AM	#1
rockfla Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Jacksonville FL Posts: 4,804	Re: How to put it together @ Joe Immler Are you 100% sure his bolts are USA made? I saw nowhere on his site of that claim. I'm not here in anyway to BASH Roy, he is a fine fine man and even a finer person to deal with and we are ALL indebted to his service & Dedication to the Ford & V8 hobby but I am in the "Bolt" business and at this time there is only ONE bolt manufacturer that is "Commercial" producing bolts in the U.S and can "Truly" claim made in the USA and to my knowledge they are not producing thick head bolts like used on some applications.....at least not listed in their catalog that I can buy. That is not to say that he or he has a small machining facility that does his production work...I don't know and have never asked nor have I made any assumption as to where the point of manufacture is.....I will say ANY reputable company selling bolts, nuts, washers of MOST grades must submit lot samples for testing to have proper documentation for any and all bulk shipments of fasteners to be sold here in the US as to the proper chemical, physical and mill test reports for those Items and can be produced at the time of purchase. MOST "Cheap Chinese" bolts people complain about are a result of either previous damage (I.E over torque and bolt stretch and the subsequent re-over torque), too small of a fastener for the application or the wrong grade of fastener for the application.