Morning all,

Looking at an engine stand on ebay at them moment - it's a clarke heavy duty stand.

My question is what bolts/mounting arms would it have come with when new ?

If it hasn't got them all can you get spares or should I wait for the next one ?

thanks in advance
Paul

I have the lighter clarke one, it came with 4 arms but no bolts to mount the engine with

Cheers

Mark

Dont forget vat free day soon @Machine Mart. start @ 34.99 exc vat with gnt.

Ok thanks.

Ditto on the Clarke light-weight one. I have one too and just used bolts I will use to mount the engine/gearbox eventually. Mine didn't come with any either.

HTH

JB

BTW, made a good basis for my 'rotisserrie' when building the chassis

Ours came with some tensile bolts but if they are too short we have used lengths of threaded bar and big washers to accomodate engines with clutch still attached

yeah, but how many different bolts would it need to accomodate all possible engines?

don't you use the same ones that bolt to the gearbox?

heavy duty stand comes with 4 arms and bolts to attach the arms to the stand.

No bolts are included to attach to the engine. I just picked up some decent length ones with washers and nylocks as I attached the engine at the rear using the bell housing attachment lugs.

Hope that helps.

I don't think your question has been answered fully - you asked about bolts and arms - the mounting bolts don't come with any new stand - you usually need the right length of high tensile - [coded 8.8] 12mm bolts (as I remember) but the length and diameter will depend on the make of engine.

However, if the one you are looking at is missing the arms, that is a bit more of a problem - I don't think you would be able to buy them seperately - and if you make them, ensure they are strong enough - they have to support plenty of weight.

In short - beware buying incomplete second - hand tools - especially when they are only £35 new!

Hope this answers your question,
Regards, Steve.
Ps - here's a photo showing two of the arms on mine.