I am getting ready to make an order to Bolt Depot.
I am going to be ordering by the 100 count.
What size nuts and washers am I going to need?
Where am I going to need bolts (and what size?)
Zach
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I am getting ready to make an order to Bolt Depot.
I am going to be ordering by the 100 count.
What size nuts and washers am I going to need?
Where am I going to need bolts (and what size?)
Zach
All of them. All sizes, both standard and metric.
You'll use them eventually :)
I did that about a year ago. Bought from our local industrial supply house. Was just as cheap as ordering online, when you factor in shipping.
I started at 1/4" and for the smaller stuff, got 50 or 100 of each. Like 1/4", got 3/4", 1", 1.25", 1.5", 2", 2.5". Same for 5/16. In 3/8" I started at 1.5" and went up to 3" in halfs. Got a few 7/16's, not many, and half inch diameter I started at 2" and went up to 3.5" in halfs. Smaller diameter stuff I got more pieces, larger, not so many. I bought as many flat washers, lock washer, and nuts as I did bolts in each diameter.
All of this was in grade 5. I mixed and matched and got a few select sizes in grade 8.
Buy as much/many as you can afford. You'll use them all eventually. It's nice being able to do a project and not have to drive all the way across town to buy 2 bolts.
What nut sizes and thread pitches should I get?
zach
And how often am I going to encounter studs instead of bolts?
What exactly are your goals? Are you asking for "every bolt I need to rebuild a 715" or "bolts I should have in my parts bin for whatever project I am working on"???
The M715 uses a lot of fine thread bolts.
Just get a selection of nuts/bolts. I get mine from the local Tractor Supply. They sell by the pound depending on the grade. Whenever I am there I fill up a bag with nuts/bolts/washers. Grade 8 and a few grade 5.
This. This is a great idea.Quote:
Originally Posted by kwai
Given what I have seen thus far, every nut is rusted to every bolt or stud. Even when I don't shear the bolt on removal, the nut is a mess once it is off.Quote:
Originally Posted by kaiser715
And, new hardware makes me feel warm and fuzzy.
Zach
When I took my truck apart, I made a computerized list of the bolts when I took them off so I would know what to buy and where they went when I put it back together. In the list is size, length, thread, and whether or not it had washers or lock washers or both. Also, if it was nutted or threaded into a hole like some of the bumper bolts. Quantities are there too.Quote:
Originally Posted by vacca rabite
I will gladly share this list with anyone who wants it. It does not include every bolt as some things I did not take apart. It is in an excel spreadsheet but can be exported.
1/4"-28, 5/16"-24, and 3/8"-24 are the most common sizes you'll run into on the M715 and many MV's. All fine thread.
Of course after having been around a while you will probably find a grab bag of hardware on it when you do a teardown.
The bolt bins here at the shop have more than 30k invested in the fasteners.
Our monthly re-fill orders cost 5-800 bucks. All I am trying to say is that trying to buy a lot of different fasteners in 100 lots can get expensive pretty quickly.
Amen! I have near that here myself. The stainless stuff will eat you alive. Grade 8 gets crazy too. Still though, nothing like not having to run to town for a .50 bolt.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Roy
WOW! I wish I was even close to that organized! I guess that sort of thing is why your truck turned out so nice. Can we get that posted in the manuals section? It'd be a great asset to be able to access.Quote:
Originally Posted by rboltz
I agree!!!!!
I assume you want the list? If so, what format?Quote:
Originally Posted by brute4c
What ya got it in? I can open a lot of stuff...
PM sent with Excel file!Quote:
Originally Posted by brute4c
Got it...will work it into a html form and post...THANKS!!
I would second the buying at Tractor supply--really a great way to go if you need some for a project. I loaded up on grade 8 stuff when I was building the CJ7 Ive got
Good for common stuff but our TSC doesn't have any 7/16 or fine thread bolts of any size and the 715 has both. For those, our local ACE hardware had everything and they are high quality.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tomahawk715
Unfortunately, the fastener business here in the US is mostly foreign and you can't trust the grade stamps or sizing. I spent 18 years in a fastener manufacturing plant, in engineering, before the foreign companies ran US companies out of business so I know about nuts and bolts. Just a few weeks ago I picked up some 1/2-13 nuts and they did not fit the US bolts I still have. They were undersized and the thread pitch was off (chinese junk). I also recently twisted off the head of a new 5/8" grade 8 marked bolt with just a ratchet. Should not be able to do that. It was soft (TSC chinese junk)
Let the buyer beware, especially for a critical application!
We see similar issues to what rboltz is saying.
For the fine thread stuff (and 7/16) I have to go to the fastener places. Because of the oil business, Houston has lots of places to choose from.
adding this to the drool list...
(I, too, have spent countless hours driving across town to get a handfull of fasteners I needed to do a 15 minute job. So frustrating!)
Dang no edit!
What I meant to add that was relevant to the topic -- my buddy who's shop I mostly use keeps a large wooden box, probably 4' x 12" x 12" that we throw all our "extra" bolts/nuts/etc into. Probably weighs at least two hundred pounds these days. It has saved our behinds more than once!! Highly recommended.
Thanks to the great record keeping of rboltz, the list is online!
It is linked in the Online Maintenance Manuals page just below the wiring diagrams...here is a direct link:
http://www.m715zone.com/vb/view.php?pg=bolt_nut
Anyone with fastener info that isnt listed....please email it to me to be added...THANKS!!
I'm pretty darn lucky, I'm less than 1/4 mile from Fastenal, and Fleet Farm (midwest farm supply stuff) is just past that for more common stuff.
What helps, suggest for X'mas some of those plastic containers with rear hooks and the mounting metal board behind it. Works great for all your fasteners, coffee cans work good too. Just organize by inch and thread size, you can mix lengths if you want.
Like someone said, it's easier to have some on hand than to run miles for one bolt.
Scott