Use high grade bolts! Just need to vent!

[Steve009]

lovely Friday evening I had on the side of the road in my 64! Ugghhhh just need to vent here. Guy who built my engine used a hardware grade bolt for one of the alternator bolts so I'm cruising along and all of a sudden clang! Clang! Clang! Oh ****... bolt snapped, came out of the alternator, smashed into my fan banging that all up! Lovely! Hope you guys had a better Friday!

 

[Bb70charger500]

That's not that bad at least it didn't eat your rad up !
And hey at least you get to drive your car mines in a 1000 bits and pieces in the shed. I'll take any cruse time and deal with a broken bolt . Just remember your car could be not on the road so take a broken bolt on the noise and keep on truckin. Good luck

 

[Steve009]

That's not that bad at least it didn't eat your rad up !
And hey at least you get to drive your car mines in a 1000 bits and pieces in the shed. I'll take any cruse time and deal with a broken bolt . Just remember your car could be not on the road so take a broken bolt on the noise and keep on truckin. Good luck

Ya very true! I guess a few fan blades is better then a rad!

 

[Photon440]

Call up the guy who built it and ask how many other temporary bolts were accidentally left in, and when was he planning on putting in the proper ones?

 

[Dennis H]

Wow. Had a similar issue years ago. Side of the road. On my way to Vegas. A friend stopped and got me going. That was at Casa de Fruita on 152 probably 2005.