ORIGINAL: Silversurfer

Bill doesn't usually prowl these forum that way we do, so if I may I'll try to relate a conversation I had with Bill last week. Short version is there is no reason to convert to a 6 bolt hub if you don't use a pipe wrench to tighten the bolt.

It seems that some time back in the days of the easy to use, don't need to drill the prop, the bolt is pre-drilled for the spinner bolt days someone managed to break or strip out the bolt on a 3.2. Shop testing that was done to simulate that failure indicated that the individual had to apply in the area of 50 foot pounds of torque for that to have happened. That takes someone with a pretty good arm or a very long wrench to hit that level of torque.

In any case, being a company that immediately reacts to a situation that could even remotely imply that there may have been a deficiency, Taurus initiated the 6 bolt hub and eliminated the center bolt to prevent that situation from ocurring again. I would have preferred a single bolt hub myself, but what can ya do? A 6 bolt hub is massive over kill but it helps to prevent the customer from doing damage to an engine due to an excess of enthusiasm.

If I made any mistakes with my recollection of the conversation I'm sure the correction will be soon to follow.