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Old 4th October 2019, 09:39   #20
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Originally Posted by marinabrian View Post
It's aluminium, and will act as a sacrificial anode if stainless steel is introduced.

My advice is not to bother, stainless bolts don't have the same tensile strength of the original bolts, and this might not be an issue unless you at any point need to use the towing eye.

Brian
Thanks for info Brian. I hadn't realised beam was aluminium. I'll whip the bolts out and de-rust them, paint on heads.
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