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[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

To nut and bolt it back together, do I use, say SS nuts and bolts, or BZP high tensile etc?

Don't use stainless if you ever want to take it apart again. Buy good quality BZP from a proper fastener supplier, the four bolts and nuts you need will give change out of a quid.

Watsdatden ?

[Andy H]

To nut and bolt it back together, do I use, say SS nuts and bolts, or BZP high tensile etc?

Don't use stainless if you ever want to take it apart again. Buy good quality BZP from a proper fastener supplier, the four bolts and nuts you need will give change out of a quid.

Watsdatden ?

bright zinc plated

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Thanks. 

[biggriffin]

Mine are stainless, never had a problem. If there good enough for oil rigs, in the north sea, I think there more than adequate for omega.

[TheBoy]

My options are the likes of shitfix/toolstation/hellfrauds, or retail park DIY stores I'm afraid.

[omega2018]

To nut and bolt it back together, do I use, say SS nuts and bolts, or BZP high tensile etc?

i try not to mix metal types especially in a potentially wet exposed environment - the more noble would be fine but the less noble would be sacrificed, i.e. your flange would give up steel to the stainless. zinc should be ok it will give up to both.  i put zinc plated jubilee clips round my precat shells to hold them instead of stainless which would have slowly eaten them.

[aaronjb]

To nut and bolt it back together, do I use, say SS nuts and bolts, or BZP high tensile etc?

Don't use stainless if you ever want to take it apart again. Buy good quality BZP from a proper fastener supplier, the four bolts and nuts you need will give change out of a quid.

Last time I went to one of them (Anglia Fasteners) it was staffed by the grumpiest man in the world who gruffly told me that they only sell in boxes of 50..

(To be fair, that's fine, the kit car gets through a metric craptonne of bolts!)

[biggriffin]

My options are the likes of shitfix/toolstation/hellfrauds, or retail park DIY stores I'm afraid.

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B-n-q do a far selection of nuts n bolts in stainless. And screwfix do a selection box of stainless nuts/bolts/washers. 

http://www.screwfix.com/p/easyfix-mixed-bolts-nuts-washers-pack-a2-stainless-steel-500-pcs/5838k?_requestid=277278

From a fastner specialist, £30 buys a lot of nuts,bolts and washers of various sizes.

[TheBoy]

Got some SS nuts and bolts from ShitFix, after (and unsurprisingly at the MK branch) suffering from their shockingly bad stock level management...  ...so had to get longer bolts than needed.

Bugger, forgot washers.  Better grab some.

[biggriffin]

Got some SS nuts and bolts from ShitFix, after (and unsurprisingly at the MK branch) suffering from their shockingly bad stock level management...  ...so had to get longer bolts than needed.

Bugger, forgot washers.  Better grab some.

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Just use any old m8 washers.