Official Workshop Manual (Bentley) has a bolt dimension(and torque requirement) list at the front of the manual. UNF = fine thread. I went through the front suspension and ordered a bunch of bolts through BOLTDEPOT.COM, but don't make the same mistake I did. I ordered GRADE 8 nuts and bolts which I am now told is not good for parts that are pivoting on them (a-arms & shocks). They have a hight tensile strength along the length but more brittle along the cross section. Where a grade 2 or 5 will bend on impact, a Grade 8 will sheer. (That's what I'm told) I also ordered a large amount of stainless steel bolts for parts that don't require a large load and things that seem to get rusty fast. (Something you can't get at Home Depot or local hardware stores). Interior bolts for the hard-top and engine bay I would recommend Stainless 18-8. Not very strong tensile, but super resistant to oxidation (very high nickle content?) I've had bolts from Home Depot rust over night, where these 18-8s stay shiny through months of stormy weather. As Nolan suggests, there are a LOT of places you can use 1/4-28s 3/4"L. I ordered a box of 100 5/16-24 5/8"Length for the new engine, and I'm already through half of the box because of all the other places you can use the 5/16ths.
IF ANYONE NEEDS IT (EMAIL ME DIRECTLY), I have a list of the bolts itemized on a spread sheet for the Spitfire engine broken down by description. Which also gives quantity (Something Bently doesn't do) and the grades I figure they required. (The list doesn't include the stuff I ordered for specifically for high torque stress: Main studs, Head studs, rod bolts or flywheel bolts) It also gives what I used as a replacement...Good luck trying to find a 1.33" long bolt (e.g. I would replace it with a 1.5" bolt...a 1.21" would get replaced with a 1/4" etc.) At the bottom it totals everything up, so it might say you need 48 of the 5/16"-24x5/8" When I did the suspension, I just went through and jotted down what I needed plus a few extras of each just in case. So I don't have a spread sheet of suspension bolts. -Terry T. [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** http://www.team.net/the-local *** Your messages not reaching the list? Check out http://www.team.net/posting.html *** unsubscribe/change address requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or try *** http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool *** http://www.team.net/mailman/listinfo *** Archives at http://www.team.net/archive *** Edit your replies!
