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See, there you go thinking like a mechanic. The head of a lag bolt is what you use to take them out! A sledgehammer is how you put them in ok? Ask any old carpentor over a couple pbrs' and he'll patiently explain how all that works.

Originally Posted by ojh

See, there you go thinking like a mechanic. The head of a lag bolt is what you use to take them out! A sledgehammer is how you put them in ok? Ask any old carpentor over a couple pbrs' and he'll patiently explain how all that works.

Reminds me of a story my Dad told about Henry's early assembly line. The story was there were a couple of big Swede's responsible for hanging the doors, held in place with a couple of lag bolts on each hinde, threaded into the white oak framing. As the line increased in speed they found it difficult to keep up until they revised their installation procedure - one held the bolt, while the other drove it into place (no pilot hole here) with one blow from a ten pound sledge. Worked fine, until six months or so when the cars were returned to the dealer to replace the wood so the doors would stay on.....

Not sure it's a true story, but it sounds good....

A lag bolt recall.

Originally Posted by rspears

Reminds me of a story my Dad told about Henry's early assembly line. The story was there were a couple of big Swede's responsible for hanging the doors, held in place with a couple of lag bolts on each hinde, threaded into the white oak framing. As the line increased in speed they found it difficult to keep up until they revised their installation procedure - one held the bolt, while the other drove it into place (no pilot hole here) with one blow from a ten pound sledge. Worked fine, until six months or so when the cars were returned to the dealer to replace the wood so the doors would stay on.....

Not sure it's a true story, but it sounds good....

My uncle used to tell me a similar story, except, it was at the Chevrolet factory!