I guess the counterfeit bolts were just a precursor to the pork dumplings made with pork fat and cardboard, the milk laced with melamine powder, the lead paint in toys, the melamine powder in pet food, fake heprin and who knows how many other frauds that they got away with!
The aerospace industry had to literally tear down and rebuild fleets of airplanes because they had counterfeit bolts in some parts bins.
Of course, whether this relates to deuce engines blowing up is entirely speculation on my part. There are more than a few of us on this board that have the capability of testing the remains of the connecting rod bolts for Rockwell C hardness. I think it would be well worth doing.
-Chuck
The aerospace industry had to literally tear down and rebuild fleets of airplanes because they had counterfeit bolts in some parts bins.
Of course, whether this relates to deuce engines blowing up is entirely speculation on my part. There are more than a few of us on this board that have the capability of testing the remains of the connecting rod bolts for Rockwell C hardness. I think it would be well worth doing.
-Chuck