Fasteners

[robcalderwood1@charter.net (Rob Calderwood)]

I found this company on the web: http://www.eagleday.com/hardwarekits.html

Still a bit expensive since you have to buy an assortment, but if you are a
restorer of German cars,  may be worth while. They also have metric grommets
and german electrical connectors.

Rob
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris" <vze28h54@verizon.net>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 3:33 PM
Subject: Re: Fasteners


> At 11:34 PM 01/19/2003 -0500, Aaron Aunins wrote:
>
>
> >Hi everyone,
> >
> >Does anyone  know anywhere besides Volkswagen where I can find new water
> >pump/power steering pump pulley bolts?
>
> These are not particularly expensive, especially when you consider that
you
> are only buying a few.  The factory ones are high grade and have the nice
> plating to help the fight against corrosion.  Specialty fastener companies
> generally want to sell in quantities of 100.   (Once found an
> "enthusiast"  in one of those industrial fastener stores and he realized
> what I wanted them for he he quietly told me that he would sell to me in
> any quantity I wanted.
>
> Chris
>
> P.S.  I don't know much about stainless steel fasteners, they might be a
> bit brittle, but I would use them in areas that are not too highly
> stressed.  I noticed that Lowe's hardware/lumber stores carry a nice
> selection for stainless steel metric fasteners.  If we have a
metallurgist,
> materials engineer or other person with actual knowledge about stainless
> steel fasteners maybe we can get some insight in regards to their
> application to automotive uses.  I don't recall Carroll Smith mentioning
> stainless steel fasteners in his book.  Will have to look it up.
>
> >I just changed the water pump on my 92 Cabriolet, and a couple of the
> >allen head bolts are starting to round out on the inside.  Last time I
> >ordered new self locking screws/bolts for the pad carriers on my 16V
> >Scirocco, it was almost twenty bucks for 4.  I've tried a couple of local

> >auto parts warehouses to no avail.  In general, I've always had kind of a
> >difficult time finding new fasteners for my Scirocco as well and if there
> >is some resource besides the dealer I don't know about, please tell me.
> >
> >Any input is appreciated,
> >
> >Aaron
> >87 16V
> >
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