hey guys just remounting the stone guard after a year or so and im wondering if the holes in the chassis rail where the guard bolts on at the rear are ment to be threaded or you just wack a screw in there and put bolts in at the front...?
Stone guard
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, Mar 21 2007 06:13 PM
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Posted 21 March 2007 - 06:35 PM
From memory it is a self tapper with a 3/8 head or 7/16 head.
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Posted 21 March 2007 - 07:00 PM
cool i though so. ill just wack a 3/8 in there.
thankx mate
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thankx mate
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Posted 21 March 2007 - 11:48 PM
They are a special threaded bolt, cant remember the correct thread size though.
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Posted 22 March 2007 - 08:06 PM
ah ok then. how would i find that out? has somebody got one they could wip out and measure the threads at all??
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Posted 22 March 2007 - 10:13 PM
I agree.They are a special threaded bolt, cant remember the correct thread size though.
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I can't remember either, but 3/8 or 7/16 is the right one. I think it is 7/16 but i wouldn't put money on it. Grab both a 3/8 and 7/16 and try them without the stone tray in the way first.
I HATE putting the stone tray back on.
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Posted 22 March 2007 - 11:44 PM
I vote 5/16" or 1/4" unf. from memory????
the race cars is Dzus fastened on because I too hate putting these things on!
Cheers Greg..
the race cars is Dzus fastened on because I too hate putting these things on!
Cheers Greg..
Edited by 82911, 22 March 2007 - 11:45 PM.
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Posted 23 March 2007 - 03:53 PM
ahh i see. never seen it before. i might be a third year apprentice but dont usually look outisde what cat produce in the way of fasteners. bit silly just been working in the same place for too long.
no worries ill get a couple of those hardcore screws that are "resistant to cross threading"
cheers
ben
no worries ill get a couple of those hardcore screws that are "resistant to cross threading"
cheers
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Posted 26 March 2007 - 05:58 PM
The bolts are 3/8 head sized about 1" long. They have a split down the end of the thread, similar to a self tapper.
Oh another thing i have just learned... Don't try and remove the SL/GTR/XU-1 stone tray without the car jacked up. Theres barely enough ground clearance to get the 'prongs' out of the front end. The S stone tray (which doesn't have 'prongs' protuding into the nosecone) should be fine to remove without the car jacked up.
Steve
Oh another thing i have just learned... Don't try and remove the SL/GTR/XU-1 stone tray without the car jacked up. Theres barely enough ground clearance to get the 'prongs' out of the front end. The S stone tray (which doesn't have 'prongs' protuding into the nosecone) should be fine to remove without the car jacked up.
Steve
Edited by 73LJWhiteSL, 26 March 2007 - 05:59 PM.
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Posted 26 March 2007 - 07:11 PM
no worries. thanks alot for that steve. is it fine thread do you know?? mine hasnt got any prongs on it just holes to bolt it up with.
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Posted 26 March 2007 - 07:50 PM
I would say the bolts are a course thread. 
Even a blurry picture is worth a thousand words.
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SL/GTR/XU-1 Stone Tray
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Even a blurry picture is worth a thousand words.
Bolts
SL/GTR/XU-1 Stone Tray
Steve
Edited by 73LJWhiteSL, 26 March 2007 - 07:52 PM.
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Posted 30 March 2007 - 06:12 PM
thankx steve for that huge help. ill just tap the holes out and wak some bolts in there instead of self tapping jobies.
cheers
ben
cheers
ben
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