Equilibria

Can you buy this bolt? Every picture of the PS system I look at has this bolt fixed to the pump (makes sense, is one of the four corner bolts holding the two halves together). As you can see its been sheared through almost halfway, and would rather not have it go while driving.

If I can't buy it, does anyone have an alternative aside from finding a rebuild/old unit and taking the bolt out of it? If you don't see the picture, I'm talking about the bolt with two threaded ends and the hex head in the middle of the bolt that goes in the front top corner of the PS pump and mounts to the pump bracket.

Thanks for any tips/ideas.

Jusii

Check 944online.com, I think I saw that in their catalog.

JohnKoaWood

http://www.944online.com/cgi-bin/ASI...kukey_20053120

I am sure other suppliers also carry them...

ExitWound

$20 for the bolt. EEK. I bought a whole (used) pump for $30.

JohnKoaWood

No kidding... $20 for a bolt is pricey, hence my reference to other places, I just can't spot any real quick like...

jstand22

if you call paragon with a part number they can get pretty much anything for you

ejsaenz

Why not just use a bolt that is the same length as the whole, cut the head off, file threads clean, put a nut in the middle and call it good??

That seems like an easier solution than trying to source a hard to find bolt. Use a grade 5 0r 8 (or whatever the euro standard is) Lowes may even have one that you can use.

pa944red

I have a junk pump in the garage that I am pretty sure that bolt is there.

Shoot me your address and I will let you know what shipping will cost and it is yours.

Tom

ejsaenz

...or.... weld up the hole, file/sand down carefully to avoid damage to existing threads and add washers so the nut lands on the good part of the bolt, I can't remember if mine was the same length on both sides, you may be able to put this bad end in the body of the pump after welding/filing and use the good side for the spacer/bushing.

Van

A perfect solution! Good thinking outside the box.

ExitWound

I wanted to do that as well. However, finding the bolt of the appropriate length, and metric, was hard to do. The longer bolts that Lowes carries are not threaded all the way down and my local hardware store just closed. Lowes has a limited selection to choose from, at least here in town.

ejsaenz

How about buying a tap also and tapping the bolt all the way thru, or maybe a local Fastenal may have one. I like the tap idea 'cause it's a popular bolt size on the car and you can clean up threads on bolts that are removed.