10-04-2017, 07:29 PM
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 
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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.
.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.