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<blockquote data-quote="vahunter" data-source="post: 281289" data-attributes="member: 6815"><p>Stainless is fine but in my opinion I wouldn't use stainless sheet metal screws on aluminum sheet metal for something like that. SS and Alum are dissimilar metals and will cause electrolysis so it basically loosen and lose strength because they slowly 'eat' each other.</p><p></p><p>Use Stainless bolts with washers and nuts if you can access underside. Or you can use a rivnut which is basically an aluminum threaded rivet for when you can not access underneath for nuts. They work great. Use Stainless for any boat hardware.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vahunter, post: 281289, member: 6815"] Stainless is fine but in my opinion I wouldn't use stainless sheet metal screws on aluminum sheet metal for something like that. SS and Alum are dissimilar metals and will cause electrolysis so it basically loosen and lose strength because they slowly 'eat' each other. Use Stainless bolts with washers and nuts if you can access underside. Or you can use a rivnut which is basically an aluminum threaded rivet for when you can not access underneath for nuts. They work great. Use Stainless for any boat hardware. [/QUOTE]
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