Re: agreed posted by Tech@EPR on February 15, 2010 at 12:00 PM
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:the point I was trying to convey was that even when the rod bends due to unfavorable conditions such as this set I received the rod bolts still maintained themselves.
That is because the rod failed under compressive loading (ie mechanical interference). Rod bolts are only a factor under tensile loading, which is primarily RPM dependent.