New Bolts
Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2012 7:08 pm
Spent rather a long time today trying to source some new body work bolts to put my car back togather this weekend and what i thought would be easy peasy to source some M8 and M6 bolts of the right length from local suppliers became an absolute night mare.
Had decided that the M8 bolts where 20mm and metric fine thread ie M8x1x20 and I think Din 961 standard 8.8. The M6 are M6x0.9 and 25mm plug point ie have about 5mm without thread at the end, I think this helps with location in some of the awkward places, but I guess not essential, I would have gone for 20mm if they weren't plug point.
One distributer was very helpful in telling me his supplier reckoned they where obsolete, my guess is he was telling me the Din 961 standard might be, but a bolt is bolt at the end of the day. No helpful suggestion of current standards or bolts.
Could get them made but minimum order turns out to be by the 1000 and when you only need 20 of each it is a bit of over kill.
Even looked through past copies of the mag but can't find any relevant advertisers but it could be a man look.
Any one any suggestions of a supplier.
Toolstaion and Screwfix etal only seem to sell metric coarse thread ie 1.25 pitch
Other wise I'm into refurbing what I have and making a pigs ear out of a silk purse!
Had decided that the M8 bolts where 20mm and metric fine thread ie M8x1x20 and I think Din 961 standard 8.8. The M6 are M6x0.9 and 25mm plug point ie have about 5mm without thread at the end, I think this helps with location in some of the awkward places, but I guess not essential, I would have gone for 20mm if they weren't plug point.
One distributer was very helpful in telling me his supplier reckoned they where obsolete, my guess is he was telling me the Din 961 standard might be, but a bolt is bolt at the end of the day. No helpful suggestion of current standards or bolts.
Could get them made but minimum order turns out to be by the 1000 and when you only need 20 of each it is a bit of over kill.
Even looked through past copies of the mag but can't find any relevant advertisers but it could be a man look.
Any one any suggestions of a supplier.
Toolstaion and Screwfix etal only seem to sell metric coarse thread ie 1.25 pitch
Other wise I'm into refurbing what I have and making a pigs ear out of a silk purse!