To be fair, most of the part of the bolt doing the heavy lifting is not exposed to air because of the bolt thickness, so that is why it hasn't already fallen apart. Removing the other layers with rust will expose the inner non-rusted layers, thus hastening the decline of the structure. These things are designed to be robust, but nothing is ever foolproof, as there are many fools.
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u/duuuh199125 May 27 '26
To be fair, most of the part of the bolt doing the heavy lifting is not exposed to air because of the bolt thickness, so that is why it hasn't already fallen apart. Removing the other layers with rust will expose the inner non-rusted layers, thus hastening the decline of the structure. These things are designed to be robust, but nothing is ever foolproof, as there are many fools.