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Prez - 31/10/05 at 11:54 AM

Hi All,

Im looking for some M12 x 1.25 x 80mm Bolts for mounting an engine onto a stand. Does anyone know of a decent and cost effective source for such a fine pitch bolt? The cheapest I have been able to find so far is about 2 quid a bolt plus postage!!

Cheers

Adam


shortie - 31/10/05 at 11:56 AM

Is that not normal pitch? I thought fine pitch was 1.0.

Rich.


ned - 31/10/05 at 12:02 PM

tried namrick? www.namrick.co.uk iirc..

Ned.


Prez - 31/10/05 at 12:39 PM

I believe standard pitch for an M12 bolt is 2mm. Fine is 1.5 and ultra fine is 1.25, anything else would be a custom thread size.

Namrick are quite good on piece price but it costs 6 quid for delivery


MikeR - 31/10/05 at 12:48 PM

i believe they don't always charge the 6 quid, it depends on what you order.

(policy might have changed by now, but i'm sure thats what happened when i called them - the only problem was, they wouldn't tell you the postage until you'd placed the order and they'd assembled it)


ned - 31/10/05 at 01:21 PM

as miker says, for only a few small bits they do postage cheaper, they only calculate it when you'e submitted your order iirc. i ordered a few odd bolts once and only came to a couple of quid p+p in standard post.

Ned.


gutball - 31/10/05 at 01:23 PM

Yeah, ordered from namrick just last week and the only charged me the actual postage cost, which as it turned out was nearly 6 quid anyway! But I did get about 8 stamps on the envelope though! First dealing with them, v impressed.


Prez - 31/10/05 at 01:31 PM

Apologies guys, had I read the small print I would have noticed the postage breakdown. Thanks for the advice, I've gone on and ordered from them so we'll see how it goes.

Cheers

Adam


Hornet - 31/10/05 at 01:33 PM

Might be talking crap....... but I had similar problem so used long 8mm standard bolts that went through the engine casing and secyred it to the engine stand.....

Hope this helps!


Kissy - 31/10/05 at 05:03 PM

M12 Coarse (Preferred) is M12x1.75
Fine pitches are 1.0, 1.25 and 1.5

If it's a good quality HT bolt (12.9 grade, socket cap) 2 quid seems fair if you are only buying one or two. That's where the likes of Namrick win because they are prepared to sell small qtys - my local trade counter has a 20 quid min sale rule. I end up getting 2 bolts and 18 quids worth of hand cleanser!