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I have the part number for the bolt that holds the crash-bar to the firewall.
11588735.
That's "Multi-Purpose Bolt, M8x1.25x100."
It originally appeared in an Opel in 1986.
Full description is:
This part is a bolt, hexagon flanged head, m8x1.25x100, 22 thread, 18 outside diameter, 8.8 steel, gmw3359, m-point intake manifold, for Chevrolet, Chevrolet Trucks, Buick, Saturn, Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Cadillac, GMC Trucks, Opel, and Vauxhall cars. It fits for 113 Opel\Vauxhall vehicles which were sold in the U.S., Europe, and the UK from 1986 to 2013.
Really it's a bog standard Grade 8.8 bolt with zinc plating.
It's widely used too.
I am absolutely not worried about cutting 1/4" off this thing anymore.
Yup, have not bought a bolt from a dealer in 30 years, local ace hardware store has better selection of metrics than they do, off the shelf. For a really difficult bolt, like for a Chrysler PT cruiser front suspension radius arm bushing tie point (the one where you have to drill through the inner floor pan to reach the bolt head due to double body box frame welded to same) my local industrial fastener vendor had the exact item minus the slightly chamfered tip that helps the factory start bolts faster. It worked just fine.
ReplyDeleteOnly Chrysler would think it OK to bolt a suspension part to a box sections that then get welded to the unibody. No way to service the failed bushing swing arm without drilling a hole on the floor right above the bolt head right where passengers heel rests on the floor to firewall. That just to be able to hold the bolt head while using the impact wrench from below. Grumble.