What do you guys do when you need a bolt or nut replaced?
#2
Originally Posted by adroga
When do you try and get one from nissan versus going to home depot and using whats available there?
Go to Home Depot or Autozone, if they don't have it, then go to the dealer. The dealer will absolutely rape you on nut/bolt prices. I think I paid $20 for 6 nuts that connected my y-pipe to the manifolds, it was absolutely ridiculous.
#4
hardware store or parts car at the junkyard, depending on what it is. Some bolts are just easier to find if you take it from the exact same spot on a junkyard car.
manifold studs = dealer
bolts to hold the exhaust together = hardware store. My Home Depot has crap for nuts and bolts. I went to True Value and got some grade 8 metric bolts, instead of some generic SAE from HD (I think they were grade 5). I used the same type of bolts on my sway bar, too.
manifold studs = dealer
bolts to hold the exhaust together = hardware store. My Home Depot has crap for nuts and bolts. I went to True Value and got some grade 8 metric bolts, instead of some generic SAE from HD (I think they were grade 5). I used the same type of bolts on my sway bar, too.
#6
local hardware stores are the best, they usually keep stock of both standard and metric hardware. with these cars, you almost always only use metric. i know a local hardware shop close to me called the do-it center that carries a full line of metric automotive 'grade' hardware. i would assume something similar is around you, like an ace hadrware. really big 'we sell everything for your home' chains often have nothing you need.
#9
Originally Posted by internetautomar
I just use a welder
Much love on the welding.
I hate to admit it, but even I (an HD employee) use Ace for just a nut or bolt, easier to get in and out of and noone recgonizes me there. HD is a different thing.
#10
You guys down in the states are so lucky to have so much choice. Here in canada we have canadian tire (not much selection, low quality stuff) and for other things we only have small hardware stores that carry nothing, and the usual home depot or reno depot(for us in quebec).
I wish we had an equivalent to pep boys or autozone here.
*Sigh*
I wish we had an equivalent to pep boys or autozone here.
*Sigh*
#11
Originally Posted by adroga
...*Sigh*
#16
here's a cheap trick....
next time you guys to go the salvage yard for some parts, take a coffee can or bucket with you and just ask if you can wander through the lot and pick up some nuts and bolts.
those places usually just drop them under the cars and leave them. usually they'll just give them away. but even paying $5 for a bucket of bolts that can weigh 10-15lb is cheap. those things cost $3-4 per bolt from Nissan, or $0.50-$2.50 each at the parts store, depending on what size.
next time you guys to go the salvage yard for some parts, take a coffee can or bucket with you and just ask if you can wander through the lot and pick up some nuts and bolts.
those places usually just drop them under the cars and leave them. usually they'll just give them away. but even paying $5 for a bucket of bolts that can weigh 10-15lb is cheap. those things cost $3-4 per bolt from Nissan, or $0.50-$2.50 each at the parts store, depending on what size.
#18
Originally Posted by kcidmil
For those who know me, I'm a mechanic by trade. And as one, you learn of places that are great to get parts.
#19
it's amazing when you do a project how many bolts and nuts come up after you're done. And you're sitting there scracthing your head wondering where they were supposed to go. Of course, a lot of that happens to me because my shop has a very well equiped bench stock.
And the old bolts are still in great shape. so why bother throwing them out
And the old bolts are still in great shape. so why bother throwing them out
#21
Originally Posted by Matt93SE
why not put them back in the place they came out of instead of using new ones and charging the customer?
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