alternative pressure plate bolt source?

[mike]

i thought that 12.9 was standard for allen bolts

mike

 --- james accordino <ssgacc at yahoo.com> wrote: > ---
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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