In article , Gary Coffman says...

Bad idea to use a drill blank as a *shear* pin. It is supposed
to fail when there is an overload (think mechanical fuse).
Using a tougher higher tensile material is like putting a penny
behind the fuse in a fusebox.

Except for the fact that this is effectively what
Honda put in that spot. Real hard, real tough
material. Maybe the term 'shear' is wrong for
the description.

Jim

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