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Old 2005-08-08, 01:27 PM   #21
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The plating color on a bolt doesn't necessarily mean anything. The two rating systems also don't mirror each other, they specify different yield strengths. Here's an identification guide with some of the different bolt head markings, although the metric list is incomplete:



There are also metric classes 9.8 (105,000psi yield) & 12.9 (160,500psi yield), among others.
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