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Bolt Stuff

Common sizes used on minis

Front hub (drum) 15/16"
Front hub (7" disk) ?
Front hub (7.5" disk 'S') 1 5/16"
Front hub (8.4" disk) 1 5/16"
Rear hub 15/16"
Steering wheel 1 5/16" early, 1 1/8" later
Crank flywheel 1 5/16" pre-verto clutch, 30mm verto ~1982>
Crank pulley 1 1/4" or 1 5/16"
Cam sprocket 1 1/4"
Crank pulley 1 1/4" or 1 5/16"
Bumpers Bumpers - Can be imperial or metric depending on source/age. Bumpers from
Minispares are likely to be 1/4"UNF : Suggested by Andy as he bought some bumpers from Mini Spares and they came without nuts and he had quite a task trying to find replacement nuts not knowing the size!
OPRV cap 1"
Hub swivel joint cap 1.5" (deep socket)
Hub swivel-to-arm 11/16"
Wheel nuts (imperial) 11/16"
Wheel nuts (metric) 17mm (usually)
Head nuts 9/16"
Manifold nuts 1/2"
Thermostat housing 7/16"
Tappet cover bolts 5/8"
Shock retaining nuts 9/16" - this is same thread as wheel studs, yet different size socket
Sump plug 15/16" (Tapered sump plugs 7/8")
Subframe Tower bolts (later single) 1 5/16" inch (33.4mm) from Chris Morriss
Subframe Tower bolts ( earlky twin) TBA

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Bolt, tensile strength

Material SAE Mild Steel SAE 5 SAE 8
Min Tensile Strength 74,000 psi 120,000 psi 150,000psi
Steel Grade Symbols
(head marks)

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Bolt Diameter Torque (footpounds; when SAE 10 oil is used as a lubricant on clean threads)
1/4" 6 10 14
5/16" 12 19 29
3/8" 20 33 47
7/16" 32 54 78
1/2" 47 78 119
9/16" 69 114 -
5/8" 96 150 -
3/4" 150 - -

NOTE: These torques will produce a clamping force in the bolt of approximately 70% of the minimum tensile strength.

 

 

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07 May 2003