Originally Posted by
ronlaughlin
You are incorrect when you write that this stainless is significantly weaker than hardened steel. If you check, you will see that the 18-8 stainless fastener has more tensile strength than a grade 5 steel fastener, which is a hardened steel.
Sorry ronlaughlin, your wrong again.
stainless steel can not be hardened. Therefore when compared with regular steel it is slightly stronger than an un-hardened (grade 2) steel fastener but significantly weaker than hardened steel fasteners.