bolt question..

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Other than buying a big selection box of metric bolts I'll never need, is there a way to find what thread a bolt hole is?!

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Rickyy said:

Take it to an engineering supplies place, they'll help you out.

It's a big telly

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Some Gump said:

Which telly and is guessing that it's the VESA mount / wall bracket mount correct?

If so, they're pretty much all metric - M4 / M5 / M6 / M8 depending on the age of the telly. Last M8 i saw was on a gen 1 Panasonic 42" though (and if you have one of those, it'd be cheaper to buy a new one if you pay the leccy bill!)

The other easy route is to contact the manufacturer. The repair manual / parts diag should identify the bolt.

Samsung are being a bit rubbish getting me the info (2 weeks now). The official way is to use a pair of wall mount adapters that leave M8 holes, but these adapters are unavailable. So I'm seeing if it'll work going without & just using long ish M somethings...

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sjj84 said:

Which Samsung is it? I wall mounted one yesterday, can check bolt size if you wish, fairly sure it was m8.

Oooh CHEEERS! It's a UE46F8000
M8 yes for bottom pair , top pair narrower.

Does this link work I wonder....

https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipMwoIKpsEUfGw...

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EdT said:

Oooh CHEEERS! It's a UE46F8000
M8 yes for bottom pair , top pair narrower.

Does this link work I wonder....

https://goo.gl/photos/ZQw1ed2CLRcLWq357

..if it does that's one of the 2 bolt holes in question.

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FYI all.. a pic of one with adapters in situ:

https://goo.gl/photos/DaENw5wS46FtZaNj7

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megaphone said:

What wall bracket do you have? Did it not come with a selection of bolts? I reckon those adaptors/spacers should go at the top of the TV, to make the top holes 'flush' with the bottom holes. Holes look like M6 to me, but just a guess from the pic.

Yes it came with a few sizes. but.. cant locate annoyingly.
Correct re the spacers.. thing is I havent got them & they're hens teeth it seems.

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alock said:

Assuming you are a man, this does not make any sense. You should have a man drawer/toolbox/shed/garage filled with this sort of stuff on the off chance you need it in 15 years time. Go and buy a selection box of bolts so that next time you are better prepared

You are, of course, quite right. Having had a number of TVRs in the past I'm pretty well stocked - however this time my pot-o-random-bolts has drawn a blank.

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Fishtigua said:

If anyone is really into proper nuts and bolts (ahem..... ) the guys at Wye Valley will sort you out.

http://www.wvsfasteners.co.uk/view_all.php?&sb...

They've helped out loads of PHers over the years.

Jut been to a TOP hardware store near Bracknell (Great Hollands).
Had a great selection of bolts in tiny bags, all with hand written prices

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Not M6
Good news is nice chap on avforums.com has a spare pair of the adapters & for a few £ he's going to post them to me. So it'll be M8 all round in the end. Better than buying heaps of bolts in the hope of finding the right fit I reckon.