guess you could spell dangerous with a 5/8 drill bit!!! Just drill the spindle out to fit a straight bolt... problem solved
Eight years as an Airframe & Powerplant Aircraft mechanic taught me that there is a right way to do things and a wrong way. You suggested a very wrong way. I would never want to fly in an airplane maintained in such a manner as you suggested. It's the sort of thing that gets people killed or injured.
Evidently you don't have an appreciation of the physics involved. A tapered bolt pulls itself tight and makes total contact with the tapered hole that it fits in. As the bolt is tightened, it pulls itself tighter, making a wobble free fit as long as the nut never loosens. Properly torqued, the tapered bolt will survive being disassembled and reassembled many times without causing wear or damage to itself or the tapered hole it fits in.
A common drill bit makes a hole that is a loose fit at best, creating wear on both the bolt and the hole it fits in. The result is slop in the steering, movement between the bolt and the hole, creating forces that cause the bolt to fatigue crack and fail.
At this point I have either insulted you or enlightened you. I hope that you now have an understanding of the importance in doing things the right way.
Joe R.
So the guys over at maximum motorsports, and steeda dont know what they are doing I guess?
Bumpsteer kit, 1979-93 Mustang, bolt-through style [MMTR-1] : Maximum Motorsports, the Latemodel Mustang Performance Suspension Leader!
Bumpsteer kit, 1979-93 Mustang, tapered-stud style [MMTR-7] : Maximum Motorsports, the Latemodel Mustang Performance Suspension Leader!
DEAL OF THE DAY AT MM.....$115 for a bumpsteer kit just!
btw MM sells both a tapered and bolt through style kit. it says on there site that the straight through style has much more adjustment, stronger, and much more rigid than the tapered style. so is there any reason the tapered kits are better?
Look before you post...
The aftermarket kits I have seen have a tapered bolt.
Steeda uses a tapered bolt
If you read Steeda's installations notes, they are very negative about using a straight grade 8 bolt.
MM uses a tapered bolt.
The MM kits with a straight bolt use a tapered steel sleeve along with the straight bolt to fit the tapered steering knuckle socket.
Notice the two funny looking cylinder shaped objects in the upper right corner of the photo - tapered sleeves!
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