alternative pressure plate bolt source?

[james accordino]

--- Huw Powell <human747 at attbi.com> wrote:

I would add (DO NOT USE ANY BOLTS OTHER THAN 12.9 ON
YOUR CLUTCH OR FLYWHEEL!!!!  Trust me on this one.

> >
> > Would it be okay to get a similar allen bolt from
> a hardware or fastener store?
> > Should these things be able to be found by the
> specs?  Grade 8.8, metric, etc.
>
> Yes.  But not many hardware have much of a metric
> selection.  You might
> also find local outfits catering to industry, with
> much more interesting
> stock (we have one around here... cool)

Absolutely.  Anyplace that caters to industry will
have these.  Try fastener or industrial supply.  There
are some chains.  Fastenal is one.
>
> >
> > There's that option, and also reusing "one" of the
> old ones I took out.  The rest are
> > new.
>
> I also don't see why you can't reuse them,
> especially considering that
> you can now cherry-pick the nicest condition one.
> Clean it up and reuse
> it.  They aren't stretch bolts or anything, are
> they?  The bentley (in
> it's typo infestd confusion) doesn't say they are
> "always replace"
> items, does it?
>
I've often reused these bolts.  Obviously with
cleaning and the cursory inspection.  Discard any
damaged bolts but these fasteners are of a high
quality.  IMO.

Jim Accordino

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