You all might try <http://www.vtr.org/maintain/nuts-n-bolts.html> for
those more "proprietary" nuts and bolts on the Triumphs (in other words,
not some of the very special bolts used in convertible top frames, etc.).
of course, the information is most useful if you have the original spare
parts catalog for your car!
--Andy
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On Wed, 22 Mar 2000, econrad wrote:
> sure wish there was a list of all bolts, size, type, and thread count, ...
> available for my car. It seems to me that, given the technical info
> available from the list and from the VTR, that this list would exist for a
> TR6 (and also for Jeff's TR4A). Can anyone help with info?
>
> Thanks,
> Eric Conrad
> Denver, CO
> econrad@teal.csn.net
>
> 1976 TR6 CF52678U (body suspended above frame, undercoating
> still coming off slowly, but awaiting the complete dismantling of what Tom
> Di Iulio calls a donor car - I call it a P.O.S(h_t) - see below!
> 1971 TR6 CC??????U (does the commission number really matter?) It's
> all for the parts, man! (engine, tranny, diff, gauges, wheels, shocks, &
> other odds & ends removed so far.)
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-triumphs@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-triumphs@autox.team.net]On
> Behalf Of john donnelly
> Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2000 10:45 PM
> To: 'triumphs@autox.team.net'
> Subject: Nuts & Bolts - Replacing During a Rebuild
>
>
> Doing a rebuild is expensive enough (the recent thread on tr4$ is pretty
> evident) and in doing my tr4a I'm trying to be prudent where ever possible
> reusing the original fasteners, if it's safe. But there's a lot of times
> that I've found myself looking into my bolt box and not finding the right
> size. I'd like to stock up and get some new fasteners, but need your help.
>
> Does anyone have a list of the most commonly used fasteners on a tr4 or 4a?
> Going through the Moss or VB catalog, and trying to find the right bolt is
> painful, and expensive. And the crafty people at Moss or VB don't give the
> generic description, only their part number.
>
> If I had a standard listing, McMaster-Carr has just about every conceivable
> grade 8 nut,bolt and screw you can think of, and they're half the price of
> Moss. I don't want to just order a bunch of 3&1/2"x3/8 shoulder bolts if I
> really will need 3&3/4"x3/8.
>
> Or, does anyone have a conversion chart from Moss or VB numbers to a generic
> description?
>
> Thanks!
> John in San Diego
> '67 TR4A
> '71 P1800E
>
>
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