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05-27-2026, 09:17 AM
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First, I'm aware of the issues with galling and use quality antisieze on all the stainless fasteners. Second, I'm not using stainless bolts on the body of the tractor in places where its structural and supporting loads, I use good grade 5 or 8 bolts.
I'm using low grade 304 fasteners, nothing expensive or exotic. Some purchased from Amazon before I fiqured Mcmaster carr parts are much better quality screws and in some cases less expensive in quantity. I think the confusion on how much an issue this is comes from looking at electronegativity charts and seeing the stainless steel entries on it that are very far from carbon steel, when those are specifically passivated stainless. I've used some of these fasteners to bolt together decorative stuff outdoors and after a while they clearly show a bit of reddish patina in the crevices, which only non passivated stainless does. You have to pay for a higher grade of fastener to get actual passivated stainless which might cause a problem if the decks got wet enough that water penetrated under all the fasteners.
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