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Stainless steel bolts sets?

Discussion in 'XJ Technical Chat' started by mikeg, Dec 11, 2009.

  1. mikeg

    mikeg Member

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    Has anybody bought one of those ss bolts sets off of ebay? I was thinking it might be nice to replace the grungy, oxidized bolts on the motor.

    mikeg
     
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    I have , no complaints . I think they are a good price too. I have purchased sevral of them . I have replaces most all the bolts on my XK and XS with stainless and it sure looks good.
     
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    there's another way to go, order the bolts in bulk and use what you need and
    sell the rest here or keep them and have SS bolts forever
    beware though, it's addictive soon you'll have SS everywhere :)
    once you have them in the motor it makes all the others look worse
    Fitz would be the exception, i don't know how he does it they all look new
     
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    Google "Bolt depot" You can get them in bulk or one-at-a-time.

    If price is no object Ace Hardware also has some.
     
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    If you are bent on keeping your original hardware, you can send it out to have it all restored. There are many places that will recoat zinc, black oxide and cadmium plating (although the number in this lovely state shrinks by the day :)). It costs a fair penny so buying new SS is probably more cost effective and SS shines right up on a buffing wheel. Choose your path and makes your choice says I.
     
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    You have to buy in bulk, but Fastenal.com has any bolts you could need. I bought a bag of 50 bolts for the engine for $.30 a bolt.
     
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    I'll keep that in mind Wesley, we have a Fastenall about 5 minutes from my office.

    mikeg
     
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    I have found that chucking the stainless bolts threads in a cordless drill and spinning them on an old cotton sock,t-shirt,or paper towel (with a small dab of Simichrome or other quality metal polish) makes the bolt heads look better than chrome. Go easy with the polish (a little bit goes a long way) to avoid getting polish in hex socket. A corded drill could probably be used,but I feel a cordless gives more convenience and better speed control.
     
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    I bought the Stainless Engine Kit and the Stainless Carb off Ebay.
    Love the look.
    Love the PRICE!!!
    The stock fasteners are just crap, soft steel.
    Go for the Stainless and don't look back.

    [​IMG]
     
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    only thing that bike needs are some stainless exhaust bolts
     
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    Those are Stainless.
    So are the all the rest!
     
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    oh, they looked like the original bolts that are always rusty
     
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    +1 for danno.
    I used a buffing wheel and jewelers rouge on the OEM
    alt cover bolts and they came out as stated above, "better
    then chrome".
    But i like the idea of just replacing the old ones,alot less work.
     
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