02-12-2015, 08:15 PM
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Exhaust bolt replacement ...Stainless or ?
I have one of my secondary cat bypass pipes off right now, the bolts while still quite functional are ugly from the heat of 15 years and 70K miles....I have a great supplier locally who has everything from Stainless to Grade 8 and up in bolts. What would you guys use to replace yours ? and if stainless would you use anti seize to help the next time they are removed ??
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Dwight
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02-13-2015, 05:45 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Pdwight
I have one of my secondary cat bypass pipes off right now, the bolts while still quite functional are ugly from the heat of 15 years and 70K miles....I have a great supplier locally who has everything from Stainless to Grade 8 and up in bolts. What would you guys use to replace yours ? and if stainless would you use anti seize to help the next time they are removed ??
Thanks in advance
Dwight
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Yes, and yes.
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02-13-2015, 10:17 AM
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Wow M8 x 1.25 carriage bolts are hard to come by
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02-13-2015, 01:30 PM
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Use stainless everything.Bolt nut washers and lock washers.
Grade 8 is the wrong application.
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02-13-2015, 04:00 PM
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I am
I already sourced them at Mr. Metric , I know Grade 8 is carbon
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01-26-2017, 02:05 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Pdwight
Wow M8 x 1.25 carriage bolts are hard to come by
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So you're saying I'm not likely to find them at Home Depot tomorrow after work. I was hoping to have these pipes buttoned up tomorrow night
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01-26-2017, 03:44 PM
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Carriage bolt ? Don't you mean hex head ? Carriage bolt is for wood .
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01-26-2017, 03:58 PM
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carriage bolts
Part of the exhaust hardware are some bolts that look like carriage bolts. Pan head with no slots and a shallow self locking square just above the threads and below the head.
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01-26-2017, 04:04 PM
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Nope, carriage bolts are used in the exhaust clamps for the secondary cats/by-pass pipes to U-pipe connection. Metric carriage bolts...
Might be replaced with regular stainless bolts tomorrow afternoon...
Edit
Pdwight got it in first...
Last edited by WillH; 01-26-2017 at 04:06 PM.
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01-26-2017, 04:19 PM
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Metric carriage bolts are available in stainless steel, even Amazon sells them.
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01-26-2017, 05:52 PM
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Regular SS hardware for home dope or local hardware will work just fine.
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01-26-2017, 09:12 PM
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Yes it would
Actually anything that would pull the clamps in would be OK......that being said Mr Metric is a wonderful resource for hard to find fasteners (I have no involvement whatsoever with them)
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01-27-2017, 02:06 PM
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So no love at mr metric. McMaster Carr same. Fastenal has them but want 50 some odd bucks cdn. for a box of ten.
I'll be using regular bright bolts and not worrying about it. They will probably only be on for a year or so before the muffler gets changed out for a magnaflow and the the u-pipes go into the garage attic with the rest of the stock stuff.
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01-27-2017, 08:00 PM
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Try Here
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01-27-2017, 08:40 PM
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Stainless studs for the headers may also be of interest?
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01-27-2017, 09:48 PM
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Size
Do you know off the top of your head (what a funny way to put that) what size they are ?
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01-28-2017, 09:49 AM
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Last edited by Gelbster; 01-28-2017 at 09:52 AM.
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