Seat bolt tip
02-08-2014, 11:10 AM
#1
Racer
Thread Starter
Seat bolt tip
Just bought new track seats. They did not come with bolts to attach to the frames. Didn't notice or think of it before driving home three hours.
Yesterday I visited three hardware stores, two calls to the seat distributor and a stop at two local race shops sourcing metric hardened bolts.
In the end I ordered them online. There is more to seat bolts than meets the eye. Have them come with your seat, especially if you need metric.
This would have all been pretty easy if I needed SAE standard grade 8 bolts. OMP seats need metric and that hardening scale is different too.
Also needed to buy a tap for 8mm threads. The manufacturer seemed to have gotten some epoxy or something in some of the threads.
Just leaving the store with the eight bolts in the seats would have been too easy.
Yesterday I visited three hardware stores, two calls to the seat distributor and a stop at two local race shops sourcing metric hardened bolts.
In the end I ordered them online. There is more to seat bolts than meets the eye. Have them come with your seat, especially if you need metric.
This would have all been pretty easy if I needed SAE standard grade 8 bolts. OMP seats need metric and that hardening scale is different too.
Also needed to buy a tap for 8mm threads. The manufacturer seemed to have gotten some epoxy or something in some of the threads.
Just leaving the store with the eight bolts in the seats would have been too easy.
02-08-2014, 01:15 PM
#2
Race Director
Just bought new track seats. They did not come with bolts to attach to the frames. Didn't notice or think of it before driving home three hours.
Yesterday I visited three hardware stores, two calls to the seat distributor and a stop at two local race shops sourcing metric hardened bolts.
In the end I ordered them online. There is more to seat bolts than meets the eye. Have them come with your seat, especially if you need metric.
This would have all been pretty easy if I needed SAE standard grade 8 bolts. OMP seats need metric and that hardening scale is different too.
Also needed to buy a tap for 8mm threads. The manufacturer seemed to have gotten some epoxy or something in some of the threads.
Just leaving the store with the eight bolts in the seats would have been too easy.
Yesterday I visited three hardware stores, two calls to the seat distributor and a stop at two local race shops sourcing metric hardened bolts.
In the end I ordered them online. There is more to seat bolts than meets the eye. Have them come with your seat, especially if you need metric.
This would have all been pretty easy if I needed SAE standard grade 8 bolts. OMP seats need metric and that hardening scale is different too.
Also needed to buy a tap for 8mm threads. The manufacturer seemed to have gotten some epoxy or something in some of the threads.
Just leaving the store with the eight bolts in the seats would have been too easy.
