"Mark S. Lepore, MD" <Sirmoog@ix.netcom.com> writes:
>I need more help from the collective wisdom.
>In order to get the old bumper off, I had to saw it off. I ordered an
>new center bar bumper from Moss, but plan to use the corner bars that I
>had. It seems, however, that I can't find any bolts to fit the threads
>in these bumpers at the local hardware stores. The guy there tells me
>there was a "special" British thread (I forget what he called this), and
>that this is what it would require. Questions:
>1) Anyone know where I can get bolts to fit these corner bars
>2) The bolt required for the new Moss bumper seems to be slightly
>different. Anyone know what this requires? (Moss wasn't able to help)
>3) Would I be better off just sawing out the nuts in the bumpers, and
>fitting them with new nuts to my own specifications?
>Thanks for the advice,
>Sirmoog
>'71 TR6 Cincinnati
Sirmoog,
The guy is full of, of, of IT. (Just trying to keep it clean.) What
he probably said was Whitworth but he is wrong they are standard SAE
fine thread bolts - 5/16 UNF I think. Or 3/8 UNF. I did the same
thing a few years ago and had no problem getting the bolts I needed.
Any full service hardware store will carry UNF bolts in grade 5 which
are all you need for the job. Check with another hardware store.
Dave (the hardware store near my house has all the bolts I need) Massey
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