Steve, the 7th post on this thread has a picture that shows that the OEM stud has a class 8.8 marking. Is there any data available that you could share on the 316 stainless stud to compare?
I'm not very knowledgeable on the subject of fasteners, but thought I'd ask after seeing this chart:
http://www.americanfastener.com/tech...ings_steel.asp
If I read the chart correctly, class 8.8 is equivalent to grade 5.
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