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I think this is cool! It reminds me of how Ferrari did a very similar thing with the dabs of yellow paint they used to mark bolts that had to withstand intense
by maxharris 6y ago
I think this is cool! It reminds me of how Ferrari did a very similar thing with the dabs of yellow paint they used to mark bolts that had to withstand intense vibration:
http://www.tomyang.net/cars/story1.htm http://www.tomyang.net/cars/story1.htm
- sedatk 6y agoFerraris aren’t mass produced though.
- greedo 6y agoIt could be argued that neither are Teslas...
- Scramblejams 6y agoSame deal with GM restoration judging. Judges at Bloomington Gold will get very specific about the bolts used on a car, but a panel was held with a retired GM factory employee who put together first or second-gen Corvettes, and he said something similar: Sometimes they ran out of bolts at the factory, and when they did somebody would run down to the local hardware outlet and just buy whatever bolts fit the spec.
- dan_quixote 6y agoThat's standard operating procedure in a whole lot of industries where proper torque is mission critical. If you ever find yourself near high precision manufacturing or industrial lifting equipment (think hooks and lifting eyes where a crane picks a load up) you can't miss the torque marks on bolt heads and/or nuts.
- xeromal 6y agoIf I recall correctly, I think spacex used a bunch of bolts from the lowes nearby when doing some crucial work due to time constraints.
- ryandrake 6y agoThis kind of thing is done in aviation, and the stuff is called Torque Seal or Inspection Lacquer. You tighten the nut to the proper torque, and put a dab of lacquer across the thread and nut. Whenever you inspect the part later, if you see the seal broken or mis-aligned, you know the part has vibrated out of spec, and need to replace and re-torque the bolt.