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Believer
Posted on Monday, January 26, 2009 - 12:54 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I really like the place for registration plate on picture below...
Where can i get those screws, they need to be for about 2cm longer then the original one...


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Nik
Posted on Monday, January 26, 2009 - 01:51 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Any decent hardware store.
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Believer
Posted on Monday, January 26, 2009 - 02:21 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

i've been in a few stores with screws but the coil on screws is not standard
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Skinstains
Posted on Monday, January 26, 2009 - 02:30 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

What is a coil on screw ?
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Nik
Posted on Monday, January 26, 2009 - 02:34 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

You mean the thread? Those bolts use SAE threads. Either 5/16-18 or 1/4-20.
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Skinstains
Posted on Monday, January 26, 2009 - 06:21 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

definately not 1/4-20. Maybe even 3/8-16, they're quite beefy.
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Duff24
Posted on Monday, January 26, 2009 - 06:27 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Pull one out and take it with you to the hardware store. I think the ones you need are like 3/8".
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Moosestang
Posted on Monday, January 26, 2009 - 06:36 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

What's a registration plate? Or did you mean license plate?

I know if I put my plate down there, i'd get hassled by the police.
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Skinstains
Posted on Monday, January 26, 2009 - 07:15 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I think those bolts are recessed into the swingarm. If this is the case I would recommend using a spacer or a stack of shim washers to make sure that the caliper mounting bolts are tight to something solid not just air.
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Ochoa0042
Posted on Monday, January 26, 2009 - 07:46 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

can anyone guess what I recommend?
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Microchop
Posted on Tuesday, January 27, 2009 - 01:20 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Teflon Tape?
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Bcool83
Posted on Tuesday, January 27, 2009 - 10:29 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Pull one out and take it with you to the hardware store.
+1
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Damnut
Posted on Tuesday, January 27, 2009 - 12:00 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Those are definitely common threads, I replaced mine with black anodized ones.

Don't get the black ones as they quickly oxidize.
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Believer
Posted on Tuesday, January 27, 2009 - 04:13 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Thanks you all for the answers, i'll first go to the hardware store and hopping to get the screws, otherwise i'll ask you for some more solutions... : )
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Jeffroj
Posted on Tuesday, January 27, 2009 - 11:50 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

http://www.mcmaster.com/

The best hardware store ever!! They have everything.
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Believer
Posted on Friday, January 30, 2009 - 09:28 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Still didn't get any screws. Maybe any other idea where could i get them, and it would be good if i can get them somewhere in europe :-)
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Damnut
Posted on Friday, January 30, 2009 - 12:53 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Oh that's your problem, Europe.

Well then I guess you can send a fellow Badwebber some cash to get you them from the States, that would be expensive though. You should be able to find/order the correct bolts with American threads in Europe, I'm surprised that you can't. I don't have a problem finding/ordering what I need in Ireland. It is a problem finding American/standard threads in Asia.

Your other alternative is to drill/tap out the bracket for the brake caliper to fit a metric bolt.
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Ochoa0042
Posted on Friday, January 30, 2009 - 01:30 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

can anyone guess what I recommend?
....somewhere in europe
Well I guess my usual recommendation of home depot is out the window.
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Skinstains
Posted on Friday, January 30, 2009 - 06:48 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I would check the markings on the bolts as I think they are grade "5" or "8". I would certainly check about the shimming under the head as these are brake mounts.
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