Bradders Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 Hi all, Quick question, I've managed to head the bolts on my side screens undoing the driver's side. Loads of corrosion on the nuts, WD40 didn't work. Guess I'll need to cut them off. Any ideas on the size of these so I can get replacements? A point to a good site to get sundries like this would be great too. Cheers, Bradders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colindavies56 Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 wd40 is the wrong stuff,try GT85. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Support Team c7trp Posted September 17, 2012 Support Team Share Posted September 17, 2012 On my 2003 car they are M5x20 black pan head machine screws. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Eve Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 Mine are M5s, too, and covered with these here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bricol Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 Replace with stainless steel socket button heads and stainless nylocs. No rust 😬 Bri Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoops Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 Try here for nuts and bolts etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pikey Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 The standard bolt from Caterham parts are blackened stainless steel. They are not on the CC website but if you speak to Darren he will sort them out. J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bradders Posted September 18, 2012 Author Share Posted September 18, 2012 Thanks gents. Managed to drill them out. They do seem to be closer to 16 rather than 20 on mine but knowing they are M5 helps out a lot. Edited by - Bradders on 18 Sep 2012 21:12:14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthonym Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 yes, replace with stainless, just replaced all mine, amazing how a few years in damp storage will conveniently colour all non stainless items in brown... check the nuts and bolts used to tether the rear wings to the body, some of these are also used as earth points for the lights. I took mine to a proper nut shop (!) and simply asked for two dozen like these please, in stainless. "Certainly sir, just a few moments" and duly produced them for me. Local shops beat the internet hands down when you (I) don't know what you (I am) are doing... finding them is the thing. I used "Threadfast" in Congleton. Brilliant. Engineers. Cater to trade and nut cases only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bradders Posted September 19, 2012 Author Share Posted September 19, 2012 Quoting Bricol: Replace with stainless steel socket button heads and stainless nylocs. No rust 😬 Bri Went to a local "nut shop" and did just that. I think they look rather nice too. Might look to replace a few more to "bling" her up a bit. Good job for the winter. Thanks for advice guys. Bradders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Field Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 NAMRICK for nuts and bolts - superb service! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthonym Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 Bradders: having done just that I was amazed how many there are and when you start doing it you will see more and more of them in places like down the side of the tank, so out it comes and so on.. may as well replace the (fuel) tank fastenings as well.. and removing old ones can be fun. 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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