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Hey guys.  I recently replaced the beam mounts on one of my cars without dropping the beam fully from the car.  When I was knocking out the bolts that hold the beam, crossmember & front mount together I think I damaged the threads on one of them.  When re-tightening didn't get anywhere near torque spec n it was just spinning.  Cursed a lot n then went looking for an M12 x 1.25 x 90mm threaded bolt online.  No luck & even called some specialist suppliers of fixings.  Thought, OK, Peugeot it is.  They told me they don't supply them any more.  They can supply the deep M12 x 1.25 nuts though .....at £10 a pop .

It's this one ....

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Finally bought some 10.9 M12 x 1.5 bolts & deep locking nuts (fine rather than extra fine thread & not zinc plated as no one seemed to be able to supply them).  Have 2 questions ....

1) Was my local dealer lying to me?
2) Should I have any concern the bolts aren't original spec?  (Apparently the finer the thread the less likely it is to self-loosen & I can see why you wouldn't want those to self-loosen!!!).  I used some thread lock on them to be safe

Thanks guys.

1- probably.

2- wouldn't concern me if they are still high tensile and nylocs.

(10-04-2017, 07:45 PM)welshpug Wrote: [ -> ]1- probably.

2- wouldn't concern me if they are still high tensile and nylocs.

1 - Cynic or realist?!!

2 - Thanks, your opinion is much valued & reassuring.  Yes, used 10.9 bolts (vs 8.8 originals) & nyloc nuts BUT even though used standard depth (type P nuts) these are not as deep as the originals.  Hence why added threadlock on top of self-locking.  Did check that the combo I used were more than capable of taking the required torque spec.

if its all high tensile i wouldnt worry. Best bet would be to get down a scrappers or ask a member on here if they can supply the bolt!

(10-04-2017, 08:22 PM)Eeyore Wrote: [ -> ]if its all high tensile i wouldnt worry. Best bet would be to get down a scrappers or ask a member on here if they can supply the bolt!

Now that I'm on the forum I can ask!  Wasn't at the time but it's one of the things that made me realise you sometimes need the support of a group like this!!  Not only that, it seems very sociable .

Matt_rallye works in a scrappers so im sure can get lots of bits for you. Stef also rebuilds beams so probably has bits too!

Stef can get these

Thanks guys, that's great to know for the future.  With his shiny new arrival on UK shores though I don't think Stef has his mind on 306 rear beams at the moment!

If you are struggling i should have some of them bolts somewhere. Let me know if you still need them.

Cheers Frosty. Will bear that in mind. Have to do mounts n try to rebuild beam on another 306 soon-ish. Since I'll be removing those bolts off the car I'll hopefully be less likely to trash the threads!

im always doing beams, currently waiting on my order of bolts from my supplier. I can supply new bolts for the whole beam if needed.