What size are the threads on my DP screws?
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What size are the threads on my DP screws?
My boys stripped them trying to install a Gotham DP. What size are these screws so I can find them at Home Depo or OSH? I'm thinking of getting threaded studs and just getting bolts to make this job easier. The Gotham DP didn't really like the stock screws. Help me out please!
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They are M10x1.5mm. I wouldn't use anything but the stock mazda hardware - or at least a class 10.9 bolt. Unfortunately, bolts have much bigger heads than the mazda nuts, so they are a bear to work with. Socket head cap screws are a good fit for head size, but I had to cut down a 3/8" socket allen drive to tighten them.
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Maybe I wasn't clear. The holes on a 3" downpipe flange are nearly against the weld.
If you put a 17mm headed bolt in, you won't have any room for even a socket to fit over. It becomes a bear and impossible to torque correctly. Only socket head cap screws and Mazda stud+nut (which is 14mm btw) have a chance of fitting consistently.
And I agree, 25mm is the right length for the bolt.
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If you put a 17mm headed bolt in, you won't have any room for even a socket to fit over. It becomes a bear and impossible to torque correctly. Only socket head cap screws and Mazda stud+nut (which is 14mm btw) have a chance of fitting consistently.
And I agree, 25mm is the right length for the bolt.
Dave
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I used allen head cap screws and had insufficient clearance to use a conventional allen head socket wrench on one of the screws (same as dgeesaman). Rather than cut or grind down the allen socket wrench, I bought a ball-head allen socket wrench. With the slight offset angle it allowed, I was able to still get my torque wrench in there to get the screw to spec torque. The ball-head allen socket wrench was a special order item at an auto supply store and cost about $15, but did the job.
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Let us get this straight!
There are no SCREWS hold the DP to anything. The corrrect fastener terms are
"studs", "bolts", and "nuts".
The next thing you-all will be doing is renaming them with some getto/ricer terminology.
There are no SCREWS hold the DP to anything. The corrrect fastener terms are
"studs", "bolts", and "nuts".
The next thing you-all will be doing is renaming them with some getto/ricer terminology.
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Originally Posted by Zero R
I have the perfect set of screws for the job just send me a email and they are on the way!!!
Originally Posted by cewrx7r1
Let us get this straight!
There are no SCREWS hold the DP to anything. The corrrect fastener terms are
"studs", "bolts", and "nuts".
The next thing you-all will be doing is renaming them with some getto/ricer terminology.
There are no SCREWS hold the DP to anything. The corrrect fastener terms are
"studs", "bolts", and "nuts".
The next thing you-all will be doing is renaming them with some getto/ricer terminology.
Thanks for all the info. Sounds like you guys had a hard time with it at one point too
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Originally Posted by cewrx7r1
Let us get this straight!
There are no SCREWS hold the DP to anything. The corrrect fastener terms are
"studs", "bolts", and "nuts".
The next thing you-all will be doing is renaming them with some getto/ricer terminology.
There are no SCREWS hold the DP to anything. The corrrect fastener terms are
"studs", "bolts", and "nuts".
The next thing you-all will be doing is renaming them with some getto/ricer terminology.
No need to bust my ***** - they're practically the same in this case. If there is a significant difference between an M10x1.5 Hex Head Cap Screw and an M10x1.5 Hex Head Bolt, I'd like to know the difference. My suppliers interchange them.
(Or is it 'bust my nuts'?)
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Always someone fuccking things up does not make it correct. I expect more of these forums than most.
Originally Posted by Retserof
If you check a few hardware supply catalogues online, you will see what are called socket head cap SCREWS like those supplied to me by Pettit, to hold the downpipe instead of using the factory studs and nuts.
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An install trick I learned makes it far easier. When installing the downpipe put the lower rear nut on first. Doing it first let's you pull the pipe away from the turbos as you run the nut down the stud. Once it's snug assemble the other 3. I use a wrench on the lower rear nut and a socket for the rest.
If you install a different nut first the downpipe ends up snug against the turbos and gives you much less room to get the nut on the lower rear started since the downpipe curves down so closely to the end of that stud.
If you install a different nut first the downpipe ends up snug against the turbos and gives you much less room to get the nut on the lower rear started since the downpipe curves down so closely to the end of that stud.
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Originally Posted by Zero R
No need to cut down anything. You just need the right bolt with the right head at the right length
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Originally Posted by dgeesaman
Oops, wouldn't want anyone mixing a Hex Head Cap Screw with a Hex Cap Screw. We'd all die!!
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It must have been a long week for all of use.
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Damn you always have the numbers. A few of you guys really stand out on this forum!
Thanks
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Thanks
Brad
I left out the cruel part: the nut was $4.00/ea and the stud was $5.25/ea.
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this is for all the SCREW ***** and NUT cases that never get any HEAD, contemplate all the head you may be missing: fillister head, button head, flat head, oval head, round head, truss head, binder head, pan head (save this one for all the knuckle heads), and finally for those less endowed pin head
this is all about getting head right. so if youre getting good head and it works, who cares about the rest just as long as it fits.
m10x1.5 socket head screw = m10x1.5 hex head bolt
pass this on to ten people or you may never get screwed or head again. after sending each one - say tap or die.
chuck
this is all about getting head right. so if youre getting good head and it works, who cares about the rest just as long as it fits.
m10x1.5 socket head screw = m10x1.5 hex head bolt
pass this on to ten people or you may never get screwed or head again. after sending each one - say tap or die.
chuck
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I hate to "screw" up this thread with a "nutty" response but Ray sold me Part #NF01-13-708a for the stud and #JE10-40-355 for the nut.
Does anyone know what the alloy is for these things, 'cause they're not something you could buy at Home Depot?
My guess is some kind of nickel alloy to deal with the heat.
Does anyone know what the alloy is for these things, 'cause they're not something you could buy at Home Depot?
My guess is some kind of nickel alloy to deal with the heat.