The useful OEM fasteners thread

Lolz Dave. Provided we can have the parallel thread of "Engineers, over-design, and why you have to keep them on a short leash!"


M6 sleeve nut
Length: 10mm, smooth section 6mm, threaded section 6mm. Spanner size: 10mm.
Part no: ?
Price: comes on brake cable
OEM use: Vespa moped rear brake cable adjuster
VAG use: Generic sleeve nut for reaching studs which are too short. Alternately use hex bar and turn down.






Longer version also available for the other side of the cable adjuster. Will add incomplete info.

M6 sleeve nut
Length: 22mm, smooth section 16mm, threaded section ~18mmmm. Spanner size: 10mm.
Part no: 270311
Price: 2.41
OEM use: Vespa moped rear brake cable adjuster






End can be filed flat.

 

Ah ha! Touch!

But then we would need another perpendicular thread of:

"Would Elephant Engineering Accountants know Over-Designed if it trod on them?"

Reminds me of another very true story.

I was stopped in the corridor one day by the MD, he was a Metalurgist, who asked me why the central tower of the Kilroot machine weighed more than the estimate. I quickly responded that the original estimate was undertaken in such a hurry, at his request, that the junior engineer had made a mistake, and his design would have fallen over in the first decent storm. But, more important, my design is far more elegantly designed, and comes in at half the cost!

If you did not know, engineers don't usually get on well with Metalurgists either!

 

This may be the Aladdin's Cave.

Their 12.95 mb of pdf download is unusual fastener porn.

But, only if you like Stainless Steel.

http://www.misumi-europe.com/ad.asp...mu=05&css=L2&gclid=CMzo3fTW6acCFcoa4QodYhknaw

 

Intersting:

http://www.metricmcc.com/

But:

A tedious page by page listing system!

 

CAD Drawings of just about every type of fastener available!

http://www.traceparts.com/

 

Splined M6 stud
OEM use: Mk1 Golf/Jetta/Polo carburettor rubber mount to inlet mani
VAG use: generic use where maintenance can be simplified, esp if access difficult / 2 pairs of hands needed. Alternative is to weld in hex bolts, but with studs, everything can be disassembled.
Part no: n/a - part of bigger assembly. Tap them out of used ones.

M6 x 80, thread length 17mm. Looks high tensile, could be a job to shorten / re-cut.





M6 threaded bar
OEM use: Mk1 Golf/Jetta/Polo carburettor inlet mani airbox supports
VAG use: generic use for good quality ?high tensile? stud.
Part no: n/a - part of bigger assembly. Take them out of inlet mani with a vice.

M6 x 92, thread length 15mm.

 

polo 2 have them on the clutch cable in m6 thread

 

Ah, could be useful, as I suspect that is M8, if not M10.

 

edited in ...theyre m6 on a polo

 

Nice one, too busy thinking of 1 & 2 GTI cables!

 

MK2 GOLF - What is the part number for the under car exhaust heatshield fixings. I asked at the dealers and they didn't know ! Otherwise anyone know where I can buy some from ?

 

From another current thread:

M10 - M8 stud

This is off a 16v head.