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<blockquote data-quote="chuck99z28" data-source="post: 441642" data-attributes="member: 19986"><p>The aluminum ones seem to get loose easier, because the metal bends easier and gets loose. The aluminum ones also gall/seize easier especially when older/slightly corroded. Between getting loose and seizing they can be very difficult to remove the bolt in the future. I'd recommend stainless with stainless bolts.</p><p></p><p>The worse thing in the world is trying to remove a bolt from a loose/seizing rivet nut. Sometime's you're lucky and can get some needle nose pliers under them, but most times you have to hold the bolt with vice grips while drilling out a stainless steal bolt. Or spin it at high speed until it melts from friction and falls out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chuck99z28, post: 441642, member: 19986"] The aluminum ones seem to get loose easier, because the metal bends easier and gets loose. The aluminum ones also gall/seize easier especially when older/slightly corroded. Between getting loose and seizing they can be very difficult to remove the bolt in the future. I'd recommend stainless with stainless bolts. The worse thing in the world is trying to remove a bolt from a loose/seizing rivet nut. Sometime's you're lucky and can get some needle nose pliers under them, but most times you have to hold the bolt with vice grips while drilling out a stainless steal bolt. Or spin it at high speed until it melts from friction and falls out. [/QUOTE]
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