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bolt size help? 120-130

posted by  someone claiming to be bumpy on  Thu Jul 7 06:29 CST 2005 [RELATED]

Bingo... you got it Ron.

I actually took a bolt off the back bumper figuring they might have been the same. I took that bolt to the front and it seemed like just the right size and that it would start to thread, so I then took it to my hardware store for a match and four new bolts for the front. The person that helped me there however zeroed-in on a 1/2" NC bolt, which confusalated me. I thought that since it was a Volvo, everything would be in metric. I remembered that the back bumper did not have threaded holes in the frame (just holes with a nuts on the other side), so I began to think that some previous owner had replaced them with different bolts.

So... it's back to the hardware store for new 1/2" bolts.

Thanks also Walrus.... wish I could afford a reamer/tapper set. It IS rusty and dirty in there.

So... why did Volvo use some UNC bolts rather than all metric? Seems strange to me.





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