Do the stainless bolts up evenly tight on joins. One tighter than another means the less tight one can wiggle loose - it's happened to me, but didn't cause problems luckily. I have the stainless bolts all lubed with lots of marine grease. Post foiling, I'll back off all the bolts so that the joins are nice and loose, douse with freshwater and leave it for the next sesh. Leaving bolts tight in storage can lead to binding - I've seen this (not mine) and it can be VERY ugly. Once a month or every 10 sessions I'll go through and re-apply marine grease to the threads on the bolts and check for condition. Have had no problems so far for 3 years. Fully replaced all stainless bolts once so far just to be safe. Suspect it's major overkill. Cost less than $20 for new stainless bolts. Cheap insurance.

LeeD said..
Why replace stainless bolts?
It's the aluminum the bolt goes into that wears out, not the bolts.

Because stainless bolts can fatigue and snap on you when you least expect it (or want it to happen) especially if theres oppurtunity for wiggle room to develop.

generally its the foil to board bolts you need to watch, but its not an impossibility for the others to snap at the head depending on how they've decided to amalgamate the foil parts.

Good to know, Subsonic.
I was worried the aluminum threading would rip out once they wore out.

Cyber said..

AUS 808 said..The Aluminium receptors should have Stainless Steel inserts (helicoils)
Most of the good brands do.
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And the Slingshot Infinity is....?

And the Slingshot Infinity is what?

I was responding to LeeD as he seems to be having issues.
The discussion was about aluminium threads wearing out, I'm not sure if Slingshot have Stainless Steel inserts or not.
Are you saying they do or they don't?

seanhogan said..
or Cyber was asking if slingshot was a good brand?

Indeed!

( and disclosure: its the foil brand that I use myself. So if just so-so quality, no helicoils etc. Then better invest in plenty of TefGel and stuff it in it. )