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Give up and go to bolts?

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sorry if i wasnt clear :oops:

STEEL application requires the length of the stud thats embeded in the material to be the equivalent of the diameter of the stud (for an M6 stud that is 6mm length)

ALUMINIUM application requires the length of the stud thats embeded in the material to be TWICE the equivalent of the diameter of the stud (for an M6 stud that is 12mm)

if you look at the actual photo above you'll see that the stud's inner thread is indeed 12mm long

the drawing from mc-carr shows only 6.25mm inner thread length


the other (exposed) part of the stud can be of various lengths, depending on application
 
psyguy said:
sorry if i wasnt clear :oops:

STEEL application requires the length of the stud thats embeded in the material to be the equivalent of the diameter of the stud (for an M6 stud that is 6mm length)

ALUMINIUM application requires the length of the stud thats embeded in the material to be TWICE the equivalent of the diameter of the stud (for an M6 stud that is 12mm)

if you look at the actual photo above you'll see that the stud's inner thread is indeed 12mm long

the drawing from mc-carr shows only 6.25mm inner thread length


the other (exposed) part of the stud can be of various lengths, depending on application
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Sorry for misunderstanding you!

You are indeed correct that the inner thread on the original stud is 10mm or 12mm long, the outer thread is 15mm long and the bolts overall length is about 35mm long.

The bolts I received from McMaster have an inner thread length of only 6.25mm. :oops::(

Hopefully I can order once again and get the correct bolts this time. What a stupid ass I am.
 
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Well McMaster doesn't have the studs. But they are a great company, as I knew... I have been dealing with them for years. They refunded my money for the studs, even though it was my mistake. But they don't have the correct studs for me.

Someone said they got stainless studs from McMaster? From what I see they only make fully threaded stainless studs.

Any ideas where I can get these darn studs from? Local parts stores, along with fastenal and McMaster are N/G!
 
fully threaded studs would work
you need to seat them lightly and use locktite to lock them in
put a little anti-seize on the nuts and all should be fine

other than that, i doubt you would be able to find the exact oem spec studs in any bolt shop (as, as i said, they are made specifically for aluminium application)
 
I ended up running a die down the studs I purchased from McMaster, they look good, I will install them soon.
 
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