hey all, looking to buy some metric bolts to repair my jotul f500. Anyone know where I can grab some stainless steel metric bolts? Do stores like home depot or lowes sell them or am i going to have to order them online
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Ace hardware has a good selection. If not try stainlesstown.com I have bought some from them before. Definitely use the copper anti seize. Even if you use standard steel bolts the copper anti seize will make it come apart easy in the future. If a stainless bolt breaks it will be very hard to drill it out. I would just use standard grade 5 bolts ( metric grade 8.8)
nola mike
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I am having trouble finding stainless steel. I am having no trouble finding zinc metric. Do I have to use stainless steel? What about the alloy bolts that jotul uses?
I would not use galvanized (zinc coated) bolts in this application. Regular steel would be better if no stainless steel around, but ask at your local ACE or TrueValue hardware first.
I've used regular steel bolts, the thinking being that if I broke the bolt in a later removal that mild steel is much easier to drill out. But if this was a common bolt that I knew I would be removing with say annual frequency then I would be inclined to go with stainless and put copper never-sieze coating on the threads.
edyit
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https://www.electronicfasteners.com/metric-abilities-in/Warwick/RI/
those guys are in RI give them a try?
those guys are in RI give them a try?
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