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help?!?!?! - wanted: strut nuts (and some bolts)
- Subject: help?!?!?! - wanted: strut nuts (and some bolts)
- From: amalventano at sc.rr.com (Allyn)
- Date: Mon Jul 26 19:29:20 2004
ok, heres the delema. after swinging by lowes, home depot (who was i
kidding), and several auto parts places in town, i must fall back and beg
upon the list. i even checked mcmaster-carr with no luck (something i
thought was impossible).
i need strut nuts, a bunch of em, like 20 of em, and i need 8 strut bolts
(a2 style preferred, the kind that dont have the keyway for the camber
adjustment, but i'll fall back on what i can get if a1 style is all thats
out there). other bolts are similar to these (a2 front subframe to body, for
example).
the main reason i ask here is that many of you are likely to have these
things lying about, especially if you have parted any roccos. here is the
reason i must bring this request to the list:
- the nuts / bolts are m12 with a 1.5mm thread
- the standard m12 thread size is 1.75mm
- even places like mcmaster-carr only carry the 'standard' m12 thread size
(1.75mm)
- SC is the worst place on earth to find any kind of vws, let alone vw parts
(even nuts and bolts)
as much as i'd like to go with the 'standard' size, i fear that the wider
spaced threads will be weaker. vw must have gone through the trouble of
selecting an odd size for a reason. the fact that they use these odd thread
sizes is high stress applications can only be for a very good reason.
anyhow, if anyone knows a supplier or some way i can get these nuts/bolts,
please let me know.
thanks in advance for assistance
Al