Rear caliper bolts spare anyone?
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Not got any spares, but have been looking for some myself as will need a couple of new ones soon, and have found these: http://britishparts.co.uk/products/8670-brake-cali...
Bit pricy for a bolt, but then I guess they are holding something quite important in place!
Bit pricy for a bolt, but then I guess they are holding something quite important in place!
Bolts.... I've seen before that some car parts are marked up by a CRAZY amount, and bolts are one of those things.
I can't remember whether diff is still imperial,think so, here's info in case it helps save you guys money.
Names - a 'BOLT' has part of its shank PLAIN with no thread, and a SETSCREW is threaded for its entire length.
Imperial high tensile bolts/sets are marked on the head with a letter 'S', 'T', 'V' , 'X' are pretty common, (there's more letters) S is lowest, X is highest strength (and so on). Cyl head bolts are typically 'X', normal attachments (wipers, dash etc) are 'S'.
Metric bolts have a number 8.8, 10.8, 12.8 are common on cars, again 8.8 is least, and 12.8 is strongest - head bolts are 12.8 or even 14.8. I see that Some imperial thread bolts here in NZ now have metric type numbers....
(second number is a material type, 8 is the most common)
8.8 approx equals 'S' for strength.
Technically, Nuts have same ID but can be very hard to see.....
Stainless bolts are marked A2, A4, A6 but I think you need at least A8 (A10? Not sure) to get to equiv of 8.8 steel, by which time they get VERY expensive....
then head type, hex, slotted, allen, (others)
You can specify thread, length, head, tensile strength to get bolts from engineering supplies, and they tend to be a LOT cheaper IMHO....
(Yeah, I know I'm just a geek, but knowing this stuff DOES save you dosh !!)
I can't remember whether diff is still imperial,think so, here's info in case it helps save you guys money.
Names - a 'BOLT' has part of its shank PLAIN with no thread, and a SETSCREW is threaded for its entire length.
Imperial high tensile bolts/sets are marked on the head with a letter 'S', 'T', 'V' , 'X' are pretty common, (there's more letters) S is lowest, X is highest strength (and so on). Cyl head bolts are typically 'X', normal attachments (wipers, dash etc) are 'S'.
Metric bolts have a number 8.8, 10.8, 12.8 are common on cars, again 8.8 is least, and 12.8 is strongest - head bolts are 12.8 or even 14.8. I see that Some imperial thread bolts here in NZ now have metric type numbers....
(second number is a material type, 8 is the most common)
8.8 approx equals 'S' for strength.
Technically, Nuts have same ID but can be very hard to see.....
Stainless bolts are marked A2, A4, A6 but I think you need at least A8 (A10? Not sure) to get to equiv of 8.8 steel, by which time they get VERY expensive....
then head type, hex, slotted, allen, (others)
You can specify thread, length, head, tensile strength to get bolts from engineering supplies, and they tend to be a LOT cheaper IMHO....
(Yeah, I know I'm just a geek, but knowing this stuff DOES save you dosh !!)
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