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Re: Cim mounting Legal

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Originally Posted by FrankJ View Post
Keep in mind the blue boxes are amplifications and not actually the rule. Those bolts hold the motor together. While I agree that it can be done safely, it pretty clearly is a modification.

Keep in mind those bolts are probably metric. In either case long small diameter bolts aren't standard stock. Without knowing the strength/grade of the original, how do you know your bolt is stronger? More importantly how would the inspector?

While this is the sort of question the Q&A punts on, If I where going to it, I would ask the question
that is a good point on how would the inspector know. We are going to post a Q and A question so if we find anything we will let you know.
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