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Old Aug 12, 2012 | 05:48 PM
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where do I get bolts

I was adding oil to the 85 and it started running out of the bottom of the fill tube. I could see a hole in it so i removed it and found that all three of the 5/16 12 point bolts had vibrated out and been rotating around in that fill tube. Obviously the threads and the heads of the bolts are all screwed up. Where do I get others?
 
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Old Aug 12, 2012 | 05:59 PM
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Any hardware store will have them. You dont need grade 8, but if its worth doing its worth over doing lol. Grade 5 would be just fine.
 
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Old Aug 12, 2012 | 08:44 PM
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I'm not surebutyou may have issues getting the heads of regular bolts to fit in the hole. Try going with alloy "socket head cap screws" from the hardware store, they are strong and with the smaller allen head they should fit with no issues.
 
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