On Jul 24, 8:34am, Steinbeck Michael wrote:
> My TR4 was imported from
> California (to Germany) by the previous owner in 1990. He also replaced
> some of the (worn out) nuts and bolts with metric counterparts (usually
> inch size nuts and bolts are hard to find in Germany).
I see. As long the metric ones fit well, and are replaced as nut/bolt
sets, there shouldn't be a safety issue. What would worry me is that
the wrong grade of bolt might be used, or a metric bolt put into
an inch threaded hole. I'd hate to see something break for lack
of the correct bolt.
good luck,
John Lye
rjl6n@virginia.EDU
http://avery.med.virginia.edu/~rjl6n/homepage.htm
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