No stainless bolts permitted for this application!! The proper CV bolts are harder and have greater tensile strength than a stainless bolt of the the same size. To substitute stainless bolts would be to weaken the intallation of the CV. Regards, John Rodgers 88 GL Driver dylan friedman wrote: >I know where to get these bolts, but does anyone know >the size and length? I would like to get 316 >stainless from McMaster-Carr. > >dylan >--- Anonymous Digest <jbrush@AROS.NET> wrote: > > >>>Do the CV bolts require lock washers? Locktite? >>> >>> >> >> >>>Yes, lock washers are needed. They are a special >>> >>> >>flat serrated type >> >> >>>used only on the CV bolts between bolt head and the >>> >>> >> support plate. Do >> >> >>>not use any locktite on the threads. Proper torque >>> >>> >> and proper lock >> >> >>>washers are all that's needed to keep them from >>> >>> >>coming loose. >> >>So these are dealer only items? On-line vendors, >>FLAPS? >> >>Since none of my CVs have them attached, I don't >>really even know what >>they look like. >> >>Thanks for the input. >> >>John >> >> >> > >Dylan Friedman > >insyncro@yahoo.com > >91 Syncro Westy GL >91 Syncro L >90 Carat >89 Wolfsburg GL > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > |
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