Fasteners

[vze28h54@verizon.net (Chris)]

At 11:34 PM 01/19/2003 -0500, Aaron Aunins wrote:


>Hi everyone,
>
>Does anyone  know anywhere besides Volkswagen where I can find new water 
>pump/power steering pump pulley bolts?

These are not particularly expensive, especially when you consider that you 
are only buying a few.  The factory ones are high grade and have the nice 
plating to help the fight against corrosion.  Specialty fastener companies 
generally want to sell in quantities of 100.   (Once found an 
"enthusiast"  in one of those industrial fastener stores and he realized 
what I wanted them for he he quietly told me that he would sell to me in 
any quantity I wanted.

Chris

P.S.  I don't know much about stainless steel fasteners, they might be a 
bit brittle, but I would use them in areas that are not too highly 
stressed.  I noticed that Lowe's hardware/lumber stores carry a nice 
selection for stainless steel metric fasteners.  If we have a metallurgist, 
materials engineer or other person with actual knowledge about stainless 
steel fasteners maybe we can get some insight in regards to their 
application to automotive uses.  I don't recall Carroll Smith mentioning 
stainless steel fasteners in his book.  Will have to look it up.

>I just changed the water pump on my 92 Cabriolet, and a couple of the 
>allen head bolts are starting to round out on the inside.  Last time I 
>ordered new self locking screws/bolts for the pad carriers on my 16V 
>Scirocco, it was almost twenty bucks for 4.  I've tried a couple of local 
>auto parts warehouses to no avail.  In general, I've always had kind of a 
>difficult time finding new fasteners for my Scirocco as well and if there 
>is some resource besides the dealer I don't know about, please tell me.
>
>Any input is appreciated,
>
>Aaron
>87 16V
>
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