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[Mighty306]

Hey guys.  I recently replaced the beam mounts on one of my cars without dropping the beam fully from the car.  When I was knocking out the bolts that hold the beam, crossmember & front mount together I think I damaged the threads on one of them.  When re-tightening didn't get anywhere near torque spec n it was just spinning.  Cursed a lot n then went looking for an M12 x 1.25 x 90mm threaded bolt online.  No luck & even called some specialist suppliers of fixings.  Thought, OK, Peugeot it is.  They told me they don't supply them any more.  They can supply the deep M12 x 1.25 nuts though .....at £10 a pop .

It's this one ....

   

Finally bought some 10.9 M12 x 1.5 bolts & deep locking nuts (fine rather than extra fine thread & not zinc plated as no one seemed to be able to supply them).  Have 2 questions ....

1) Was my local dealer lying to me?
2) Should I have any concern the bolts aren't original spec?  (Apparently the finer the thread the less likely it is to self-loosen & I can see why you wouldn't want those to self-loosen!!!).  I used some thread lock on them to be safe

Thanks guys.

[welshpug]

1- probably.

2- wouldn't concern me if they are still high tensile and nylocs.

[Mighty306]

1- probably.

2- wouldn't concern me if they are still high tensile and nylocs.

1 - Cynic or realist?!!

2 - Thanks, your opinion is much valued & reassuring.  Yes, used 10.9 bolts (vs 8.8 originals) & nyloc nuts BUT even though used standard depth (type P nuts) these are not as deep as the originals.  Hence why added threadlock on top of self-locking.  Did check that the combo I used were more than capable of taking the required torque spec.

[Eeyore]

if its all high tensile i wouldnt worry. Best bet would be to get down a scrappers or ask a member on here if they can supply the bolt!

[Mighty306]

if its all high tensile i wouldnt worry. Best bet would be to get down a scrappers or ask a member on here if they can supply the bolt!

Now that I'm on the forum I can ask!  Wasn't at the time but it's one of the things that made me realise you sometimes need the support of a group like this!!  Not only that, it seems very sociable .

[Eeyore]

Matt_rallye works in a scrappers so im sure can get lots of bits for you. Stef also rebuilds beams so probably has bits too!

[Piggy]

Stef can get these

[Mighty306]

Thanks guys, that's great to know for the future.  With his shiny new arrival on UK shores though I don't think Stef has his mind on 306 rear beams at the moment!

[Frosty]

If you are struggling i should have some of them bolts somewhere. Let me know if you still need them.

[Mighty306]

Cheers Frosty. Will bear that in mind. Have to do mounts n try to rebuild beam on another 306 soon-ish. Since I'll be removing those bolts off the car I'll hopefully be less likely to trash the threads!

[Stef205]

im always doing beams, currently waiting on my order of bolts from my supplier. I can supply new bolts for the whole beam if needed.