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Silverghost500
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Location: Atlanta, GA
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 Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2022 6:08 pm Post subject: Luggage Rack Screw Source? |
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Anyone know where the side flat blade screws for the luggage rack can be sourced? One of mine was apparently loose, and when I hit a series of serious potholes on the interstate it fell out.
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1986 Volkswagen Vanagon Westfalia "Von Westy"
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VicVan
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Location: Vancouver Island, BC
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| Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2022 9:17 pm Post subject: Re: Luggage Rack Screw Source? |
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GoWesty has them, I assume the other vendors do too.
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skills@eurocarsplus
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Location: sticksville, ct.
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| Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2022 11:27 pm Post subject: Re: Luggage Rack Screw Source? |
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this is what i used. dead nuts for OE but stainless
https://belmetric.com/m6-slotted-truss-head-stainless-steel-nfe-27-128/?
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Silverghost500
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Location: Atlanta, GA
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| Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2022 6:38 am Post subject: Re: Luggage Rack Screw Source? |
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Thanks! I'll check those sources out.
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1986 Volkswagen Vanagon Westfalia "Von Westy"
Honda K24A converversion-Road Testing Phase
3-Speed Automatic
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Kdj
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Joined: January 28, 2017
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Location: Naptown
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| Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2022 12:28 pm Post subject: Re: Luggage Rack Screw Source? |
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| I switched out all of mine to stainless button heads and a much larger washer available at your local big box hardware store(lowes,homedepot) |
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Franklinstower
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Posts: 1896
Location: PNW
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| Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2022 8:57 am Post subject: Re: Luggage Rack Screw Source? |
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Ditto - I bought all my pop top hardware, even tent screws from Belmetric. Great resource for Metric fasteners.
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Pchill2
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Location: Georgia
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| Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2022 9:37 am Post subject: Re: Luggage Rack Screw Source? |
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Funny you should bring this up. My wife and I pulled our top off this weekend to paint and replace the canvas. I have all the parts including replacement screws in my cart at GoWesty.
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Silverghost500
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Location: Atlanta, GA
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| Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2022 10:21 am Post subject: Re: Luggage Rack Screw Source? |
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Just placed the order on Belmetrics site.
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1986 Volkswagen Vanagon Westfalia "Von Westy"
Honda K24A converversion-Road Testing Phase
3-Speed Automatic
Von Westy YouTube Channel
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Silverghost500
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Location: Atlanta, GA
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| Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2022 7:14 am Post subject: Re: Luggage Rack Screw Source? |
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Finally got around to working on the luggage rack screw issue. The mount the screw fell out of had damaged threads. Chased the threads with a tap. Decided to replace all the screws on the rack.
You can see the difference in the OEM screw (painted, shorter, pointed end) vs. the ones I bought.
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1986 Volkswagen Vanagon Westfalia "Von Westy"
Honda K24A converversion-Road Testing Phase
3-Speed Automatic
Von Westy YouTube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbhyZYxJEQrUuLnMbLleeIA |
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jmillsj
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Location: Denver, CO
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| Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2022 2:12 pm Post subject: Re: Luggage Rack Screw Source? |
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I forgot who found these, but this was what I used: https://www.mcmaster.com/90015A531/
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