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wolfie

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3rd Oct, 2005 at 09:37:29pm

whats the thread and the length please of the standard engine steady bolt that goes into the block i need to get one from my local fastners place

i think my rant over to somerfords on sat made it work loose and its fallen out the carb was knocking on the bulkhead by the time i got home lol

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3rd Oct, 2005 at 10:17:46pm

Wolfie - Get a 5/16" UNF hi-grade (will have six, not three lines on the head) in a 2" length.
Also get a single 5/16" UNF nut.

To save goosing the block, do the folowing:
Screw the nut all the way up the thread. Add a washer. Insert threough the steady bracket, steady and into the block. Screw all the way in, then 1-2 full turns OUT. Now, (stopping the bolt from turning), rotate the nut along the bolt thread and then tighten the nut against the steady.

Basicslly, you're using the bolt as a stud. Doing this, will always mean the bolt will wind out should you manage to break it (like jimster did at Avon 05). It also stops wearing the thread in the block - basically, you're makign the bolt the part that'll take all the wear - NOT the block.


That's how i've done it in every mini i've ever had - having broken a bolt in the block on my first lowly 1100!

Edited by turbodave16v on 3rd Oct, 2005.

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