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Hi Stephen, and welcome. I read that once you get to the higher tensile bolts, spring washers are no longer functional as they cannot make any indent to the head of the bolt. At what grade of bolt are spring washers not necessary? What type of washer, if any should you use?, or should you just make...

Hi Martin, We offer a full range of metric bolts, screws, nuts and washers in A2 and A4 stainless steel. Imperial stainless (ie UNF, UNC, BSW, BSF) is trickier - we do stock some, but not a massive amount, if you have any particular requiremenents I'll check for you. One caveat - in terms of tensile...

Hi Martin, We have stocks of 7/16" UNF x 3.3/4 and 4" bolts in SAE Grade 8 - either in self colour or zinc plated / yellow passivated. They are rolled thread. Regarding coatings, I would say Zinc & Yellow Passivation has the best rust preventative qualities without having a large effect on price, it...

Hi, Thank you for the kind responses, much appreciated. Martin - standard ranges are roll thread, specials would typically be cut thread. We can offer turned bolts as we have a CNC machine alongside our traditional forging facilities, however this approach would be more expensive for smaller quantit...

What an excellent video - I just showed it to my boss and he was like a 10 year old at Xmas grinning from ear to ear! Lovely engine noise these babies have!

Regards,

Stephen

Hi there, This is my first post here and I hope it isn't considered spam, I hope we can help a few of you chaps out. I work for Thomas Smith Fasteners in Manchester and we get asked for SAE grade 8 bolts quite often, we can help you out. We specialise in BSW, BSF, UNC and UNF but also stock standard...