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 gerggl
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| posted on June 24th, 2011 at 11:43 AM |
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Stainless Steel Bolt Kits for VW's
Stainless Steel Bolt Kits
Hi all,
In the process of restoring my car I ran across a place in England called Volksbolts who do complete bolt kits for VW's.
These guys are the BEST ...good prices, unreal packaging and service ..less than one week from the UK to Brisbane ...check it out if you need to
replace your old, worn bolts and screws!
They are on EBay .... well worth the money!
Greg Gordon-Lane
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| posted on June 24th, 2011 at 11:47 AM |
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what are they rated to? does it come with a tube of neverseize or similar so you can get them back out next year? stainless touching steel can get
ugly in a year without it...
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| posted on June 24th, 2011 at 12:44 PM |
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Yes I have heard good things about them but nothing about the long term stability of SS in against mild steel.
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| posted on June 24th, 2011 at 12:44 PM |
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Will find out ..I have my own antiseize ... I know what you mean .. the fender bolts on my car were absolutely age welded in .... not going to have
that issue anymore!
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| posted on June 24th, 2011 at 12:47 PM |
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i work with both, without grease/neverseize/threadlocker it will be a pain to take out later, either stripping threads, snapping bolts or rusting
captive nuts free so you cant get it out without cutting heads off, trust me, use something between the two or stock up on drills, easy outs,
helicoils & a tap & die set
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| posted on June 24th, 2011 at 01:19 PM |
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Thanks for the advice and heads up ...that's why I love being part of this forum !
Greg Gordon-Lane
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| posted on June 24th, 2011 at 01:21 PM |
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sounds like the standard steel bolts may have been a better option then. do they do steel bolt sets too?
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| posted on June 24th, 2011 at 03:06 PM |
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Yes they do high tensile as well ....they cover all types of VW's ..worth a look and make up your own mind!
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by gerggl
Stainless Steel Bolt Kits
Hi all,
In the process of restoring my car I ran across a place in England called Volksbolts who do complete bolt kits for VW's.
These guys are the BEST ...good prices, unreal packaging and service ..less than one week from the UK to Brisbane ...check it out if you need to
replace your old, worn bolts and screws!
They are on EBay .... well worth the money!
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[size=4]Yes,
I have seen them on Ebay...
I used zinc coated high tensile bolts in My beetle along with anti seize.. but all the bolts in My beetle came out OK... none broken off etc... was
a WA dry area car...
the zinc coated HT bolts would be much cheaper than high tensile stainless steel ones..
I have also used some HT stainless steel bolts in My car... hexagon and allen key headed.
Lee
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- [size=4]Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY--- [/size]
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| posted on June 24th, 2011 at 06:57 PM |
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I haven't any problems with bolts breaking off yet on the few pans I have dropped.
Have had one or two tight ones though.
The thing I like about those ss bolt kits for them is the load spreaders. They look beefy as and are also ss. 
yay!
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/VW-Type3-Variant-STAINLESS-Body-Pan-Bolts-Washers-...
stupid thing is, I look at my quarter panel bolts and they look brand new!
Will be a shame to change to ss just because they are not ss.
see
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| posted on June 24th, 2011 at 07:15 PM |
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i would not use stainless bolts in a steel body at all to bolt stuff up, the difference in they're make up will cause corrosion in the weaker metal,
(that being the steel).
STIDUB has got it right.
use some never-sieze or something of the like.
i use zinc coated bolts, they do the trick well
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| posted on June 24th, 2011 at 08:03 PM |
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I have done this to my bmx. time will tell what effect the ss bolts will have on the steel and aluminum
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| posted on June 24th, 2011 at 10:40 PM |
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Guys stainless bolts sound good in theory because they won't corrode, which is true if they are on their own. But couple them up with a steel body
and you will induce corrosion, galvanic corrosion. Read here for more info
http://www.azom.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=98
Zinc plated or galvanized is they way to go.
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| posted on June 27th, 2011 at 01:42 PM |
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ok so this is a good warning for anybody wanting to use stainless steel bolts not to.
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| posted on June 27th, 2011 at 02:02 PM |
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only if in liquid solution containing ions.
if its dry no prob, clean neutral water should be fine too.
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| posted on June 28th, 2011 at 08:27 AM |
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Thanks guys ..got some Loctite anti seize .. all will be well!
Greg Gordon-Lane
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