>> ...There are some cheap poor strength 'U' bolts in the LR
>> aftermarket. Either get US "u" bolts or genuine ones.
>
>I've had British u-bolts strip the thread easily and u-bolts from India
>torque
>down real hard. The latter were even coated with some enamel type of paint.
>Before seeing this, i would have thought i was the other way round.
Hard to say who is formulating what. I soft ones I got were British made
too. The threads started stripping just a little over 40 pounds torque.
I ended up getting new ex-Mod stock from P.A. Blanchard.
But the US 4X4 people will absolutly not put up with that kind of junk,
so US aftermarket 'U' bolt sources are safe bets.
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