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Neither are their owners.... Hey, I resemble that remark. :lol:
I'm sure they aren't, and at the RPM's they spin at the effects are probobly negligible.
True, but something made the designer choose the lower grade bolt. A bolted joint analysis could be done to figure torque vs clamp load on the O.E. bolt and the same at a grade 5 or grade 9. My gut tells me they weren't getting enough bolt stretch to maintain clamp load with higher grade bolts...
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