Hey .. Has anyone checked to see if performance parts companies
like Mr. Gasket have bolts that would work. They have flywheel bolts
Rod bolts, ring gear bolts for American applications, but they list the
thread count and pitch on their packages. There maybe something
equivalent.
Rich
> ----------
> From: lauri(at)lorenzo.pp.fi[SMTP:lauri(at)lorenzo.pp.fi]
> Sent: Thursday, April 24, 1997 12:51 AM
> To: alpines(at)autox.team.net
> Subject: 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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