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Automotive fasteners, where do you get yours?

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Old 05-06-2011, 06:04 PM
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Default Automotive fasteners, where do you get yours?

I am spending way too much time trying to find various suspension fasteners (nuts/bolds/washers/spacers/sleeves).

Forget HD & Lowes, local auto dealers are not much better as they stock only the oem sizes that their techs need.

I have one local nut/bolt business Ababa that sometimes comes thru but not always.

If I know what I need is there an online source that has a FULL selection of sizes, hardness, grades, etc and will fulfill small orders (not in the thousands)?

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Old 05-06-2011, 06:12 PM
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Strip a couple of cars and keep all the left over bits.

My local Fastenal is ran by a Rally driver and gets me any oddball stuff I need.
Pegasus catalog is a good source too.
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Pegasus for AN type fasteners, otherwise McMaster-Carr has a huge selection.
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I've used the Bolt Depot dot com
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http://www.aircraftspruce.com/menus/ha/index.html

Airplane guys have all the cool stuff.
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Depending on where you are, the local aces are decent, and tractor supply sells bolts by weight, so thats really nice.
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http://www.rainbowboltsupply.com/ just below International Metals off Riverside Dr.

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