Anyone know of a place to get high grade hardware on a weekend?

Falko

Falko

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I am supposed to be assembling the engine and transmission in the project jeep this morning; however I ran into a bit of a snag. I do not have the flywheel to crankshaft bolts.

Napa, Advance, Autozone all cant get them. The closest stealership with 8 of them on hand is in Maryland. As I was running out of options last night looking for them, I was afraid that there would not be an fastener houses with Saturday hours, which I found to be the case this morning. So does anyone have a weekend source for such things? willing to travel a bit to not waste an entire weekend.

BTW, the size is M10x1.0x26.
 
For future reference (at least for those closer to here), Cruco mill & supply in Sanford is open Saturday mornings.
 
Should have tried Modern Toyota. They are open until noon on Saturday.
 
Ace hardware has more grade 8 stuff than anyone.

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Ace hardware has more grade 8 stuff than anyone.
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I just rode out there to take a look since its only a few blocks from my house. They didnt have fine pitch stuff, and it was all zinc plated anyway.
 
Call a tractor dealership/shop. They have high end bolts, but may or may not be willing to help out with just a few. There is also a guy at the flea mkt here in morganton with every fastener known to man...but it might be a bit of a drive.
 
Fastenal down my way is open on Saturday.
 
I've run into this before, the problem is the fact that they are metric AND fine thread - 90% of the metric bolts at hardware stores (including Tractor supply etc) will be typical E-spec, which for an M10 will be 1.5 and a 17mm head instead of 14mm. 1.0 on an M10 is rare indeed, whenever I come across those bolts I hoard them.

To the PO - I know its too late now - but Southern Fasteners (IIRC it's up a bit off of 158 on the way out to Clemmons?) sells over the counter IIRC until about noon on Saturdays. I made several emergency runs out there when we lived in Lewisville.
Automotive Fasteners will have them too but not sure if they are open Saturdays.
 
RatLabGuy said:
I've run into this before, the problem is the fact that they are metric AND fine thread - 90% of the metric bolts at hardware stores (including Tractor supply etc) will be typical E-spec, which for an M10 will be 1.5 and a 17mm head instead of 14mm. 1.0 on an M10 is rare indeed, ...
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Also...not so familiar with the newer stuff, but, like the SBC flywheel bolts also had special heads (thin). You couldn't just use any both that would thread into the flywheel as the heads would hit the clutch! You actually needed to find "flywheel bolts" unless you could turn the heads yourself!
 
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