just_say_meth 0 Posted March 19, 2008 Is there anywhere apart from VW to get nuts/bolts etc, obviously i can get them from an ironmonger but i like the genuine stuff :D Think i must have spent a few £££ on bolts etc for my rebuild :eek: , is this just the price i've got to pay to get genuine VW?! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Supercharged 2 Posted March 19, 2008 Yeah, there is a pretty good fastener place near me that sells A2/A4 grade stainless stuff but for brakes / suspension / mounts etc you need the correct strength of high tensile bolt which altho they do, the proper VW ones are often funny lengths / thread pitches / with flanged heads (built in washers), tappered ends (like on the bumper bolts to help locate / start) and that special green coating so with that in mind, they don't tend to work out much more expensive... That said, I did buy some bolts for the front suspension struts the other day which had 19mm heads as VW now sell ones with 18mm which is annoying, same with engine mounts / starter motor bolts that are now 16's... Just make sure you use 10.9 grade min for brakes / suspension - some stuff should be 12.9... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
boost monkey 0 Posted March 19, 2008 That said, I did buy some bolts for the front suspension struts the other day which had 19mm heads as VW now sell ones with 18mm which is annoying, same with engine mounts / starter motor bolts that are now 16's... Why is this annoying, Supercharged? :confused4: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Supercharged 2 Posted March 19, 2008 Well, I have 3 fairly complete sockets sets + 2 sets of impact sockets on rails and thats 2 sizes I have had to buy seperate sockets becuase i've needed deep ones in 1/2 inch drive... just not very standard sizes but I think thats the reason they do it... The other one is front suspension top nuts - should be 21mm so you can use a sparkplug socktet with a 7mm brake allen key - now some are 22mm with a 6mm allen so you really a very swan-necked spanner to get to them with a large allen key... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
boost monkey 0 Posted March 19, 2008 aaah yes, had the suspension problem on Prodigal's old car. He did in fact buy a drop-head 22mm spanner and I had a rather stylish Sykes-Pickavant 7mm large allen key with handle.... god knows what for! I think perhaps the old odd-numbered decimal sockets were used is because they converted from old imperial fractions of inches much better than the 12,14,16,18s do. But yes, that is strange that VW are using those bolts now...most likely idea to my mind is that all the current-gen cars use the smaller bolts so they are trying to allow the older cars to use these aswell, as opposed to keeping masses of bolts in different sizes just in case one of the obsolete models has need. Could be wrong though :lol: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
just_say_meth 0 Posted March 19, 2008 But yes, that is strange that VW are using those bolts now...most likely idea to my mind is that all the current-gen cars use the smaller bolts so they are trying to allow the older cars to use these aswell, as opposed to keeping masses of bolts in different sizes just in case one of the obsolete models has need. Could be wrong though :lol: Yeah thought that too, guess i'll just have to keep going to VW then, just annoyed me when i looked at all the reciepts i have and it's just bolts etc :mad2: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
boost monkey 0 Posted March 19, 2008 Mine are looking like that too and i've still got a fair few bolts to buy! :bad-words: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
