Ever been strolling through a hardware store or perhaps an auto parts establishment and wondered of the meaning behind the markings on the hundreds of thousands of bolt heads on the shelf? Whether you ...

At 7,500 rpm, the pistons in your race engine reach either top-dead-center or bottom-dead-center and change directions 25 times per second. That means the piston goes from traveling at top piston ...

Did you ever notice that highly stressed fasteners like rod, main, and head bolts don't use any locking devices? These critical fasteners stay tight by being stretched-they work like clamps. If a ...

Turbines are the backbone of power generation, so maintaining top performance of all their moving parts is important for continued, efficient operation. Tie rod bolts that connect gas turbine stages ...

A small number of K4 and Sorento vehicles have been delivered to US-market dealers and customers with insufficiently torqued connecting rod bolts. The subject population comprises one Sorento with a 2 ...