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05-28-2013, 03:56 PM
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Bolt Questions : Engine bay
Hey yall
Just had a quick question , I just swapped my 69 front end for a 71 front end on my cst and i want to do new hardware (broke a few bolts in the process) So i was wondering do they have kits i can buy to replace all these bolts (crossmember to frame bolts, engine mounts to cross member an frame bolts , etc) or can i just go down to my local hardware store an pick up some grade 8's ? Thanks in Advance - Aden |
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05-28-2013, 04:26 PM
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Re: Bolt Questions : Engine bay
LMC has a bolt kit.
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05-28-2013, 06:46 PM
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Re: Bolt Questions : Engine bay
i find that kits of bolts are expensive// u r paying extra to have somebody count and measure things for u
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05-28-2013, 06:50 PM
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Re: Bolt Questions : Engine bay
maybe. But i usally get double screwed by going to fastenal. You have to 500 at a time or something. Plus I had to waste time measuring them. And wondering if thats the OE size or just what the PO had laying around.
I havent used a bolt kit but I was looking the other day and saw that and thought it would save some pain. |
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05-28-2013, 06:59 PM
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Re: Bolt Questions : Engine bay
When you count in your time to measure, run some place and count/bag, the kits are a bargain. Plus most hardware stores, at least in this neck of the woods, don't carry loose stock anymore, just those over priced bags of three bolts, washers, or nuts.
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05-28-2013, 08:15 PM
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Re: Bolt Questions : Engine bay
our home town hardware store has a wall 30 ft long of just little drawers of nuts bolts an washers all shapes an sizes , but ill look in to a kit i want to have the right hardware
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05-28-2013, 09:22 PM
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Re: Bolt Questions : Engine bay
Get a kit from a parts supplier for these trucks. You'll thank me later.
If you were reusing all of the bolts but a few... then I would say hit the hardware store. Gary
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05-28-2013, 09:28 PM
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Re: Bolt Questions : Engine bay
I always joke with my local hardware guy that I've bought every bolt there for my truck, one at a time. We also have the 30' wall of drawers. Glad the orange and blue boxes haven't put him out of business.
If I was doing what you're doing, Shaker, it would probably be worth a few extra bucks to buy a bolt kit. I would miss Pete at Moorestown Hardware though... |
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05-28-2013, 09:28 PM
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Re: Bolt Questions : Engine bay
TSC has grade 8 bolts, nuts, and washers by the pound. Best deal around...
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05-28-2013, 09:43 PM
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Re: Bolt Questions : Engine bay
Hfd410 you have pm....^
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