[Roadsters] front suspension and brake bolts

[Dewey Hahlbohm]

Tim, I think that Fairlady Parts (Gerardo & Lou) now have bolt packs if you are still looking.  Good luck, Dewey 

-----Original Message-----
>From: Tim <tputland at charter.net>
>Sent: Mar 30, 2009 3:56 PM
>To: Gary and Cindy Ault <aultgc at att.net>, datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: [Roadsters] front suspension and brake bolts
>
>Thanks to all who replied. Most replies were exactly what I was looking for. I was hoping Pat had bolt packs left but I guess you snooze you loose. 
>
>I don't know if I have enough good original bolts left to make up a full set--it will depend on how the set looks that come off of my 1600. The bolts that came off the part car were pretty rusty and I wonder and their strength and reliability.
>
>Thanks again all.
>
>Tim
>
>
>---- Gary and Cindy Ault <aultgc at att.net> wrote: 
>
>=============
>In the power industry, we are skeptical of any steel supplied by China, 
>especially fasteners.  Too much shoddy manufacture.
>
>Although it can't hurt to replace fasteners if one is certain he/she is 
>getting quality parts, unless there is a reason to think the bolts are bad, 
>I'd re-use them.  Head bolts on a 2000?  No, I'd replace them, but most 
>other fasteners on the car should be all right.
>
>Gary
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Toby B" <RacerY at comcast.net>
>To: <datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net>
>Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 10:07 PM
>Subject: Re: [Roadsters] Datsun-roadsters Digest, Vol 3, Issue 122
>
>
>>" I highly recommend against buying bolts from Home Depot
>> and most local hardware stores.  There is a tremendous amount of 
>> counterfeit
>> gr.8 fasteners in the market place."
>>
>> Amen.  And that's increasingly true of metric fasteners, too.
>>
>> The worst part, anymore, is that 'Made in China' bolts can be perfectly 
>> fine-
>> or they can be dimensionally wrong, metallurgically flawed, and dangerous.
>> And there's no easy way to tell.  We tested some stuff to destruction
>> recently, and some of the uglier parts from questionable sources
>> tested the best.
>> And some nice- looking pieces from reputable vendors were marginal at 
>> best.
>>
>> Frankly, unless there's something wrong with the fasteners that were 
>> holding
>> your car together, I'd re- use them.  They're not going to fail of old 
>> age...
>>
>> Toby
>> Seattle.
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