Hi Larry!
I`ve bought a set of them at a spare part dealer in GB. Please, be not too
much angry, when I tell you now, I do not know excatly in the moment if it
was SUNBEAM SUPREME, ALPINE WEST MIDLANDS, TIGE ALPINE SPARES or BERKSHIRE
ALPINE CENTER.
If you would need the adresses of them, please come back!
I also have good adresses of suppliers in GB for imperial (inch-based)
screws, bolts, nuts, etc. They are delivering in good quality and with fine
zinc-plated surfaces (chromed surfaces sometimes possible if you want it,
also stainless steel quality!)
best regards
Andreas, Series V, 1967
Steyr - Austria
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Thema: Where to buy ring gear bolts?
Report: All ring gear bolts of my MK IV 1964 were loose.
As far I have found that those bolts are UNF 3/8, (24 turns per inch),
11/16 long and maybe strength is 12.9.
But where these bolts are available? I live in Europe, Helsinki, Finland.
Specialized bolt shops have only mild 8.8 bolts, or I could have 1 1/2"
long ones within one week, and they might not have thread long enough.
There is quite good parts shop in Helsinki for american cars, but I ought
to know where these bolts are (let us say in a Chevrolet Bel Air or in a
GMC van).
So please I need you desperately (or at least your intelligence):
-Are original ring gear bolts 3/8 UNF, 11/16 long and 12.9 ?
-Do you know if similiar have been used in any american car, and if so, are
they in differential, cyl head, manifolds...
-If I must order them from Britain, which brit parts shop has e-mail adress
(and rapid service)?
-Is it essential to balance ring gear, in my opinion there is no matter if
the weight of bolts vary a bit.
Thank you, friends. We are back in ring gear bolts, again!
Larry
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