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Originally Posted by jamal
The friction from the clamping force. That's how any bolted connection actually works. Even with the 16mm bolt in 16mm hole, try loosening them both and wiggling things around- there's a good amount of play there.
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So the two flanges of the strut are basically squeezing together the spindle and the friction keeps them in place? That makes more sense to me. So really the diameter of the bolt doesn't matter as long as it's thick enough that the bolt doesn't stretch right?