Any hardware store or auto parts store. One of the easiest grades to find. It will be harder to find grade 8. As I said I was just guessing what bolt was holding the blades on and I get most of my torque specs from a chart which is by grade and size.
Hey Hitman, I know the South is NASCAR country . Maybe grade 8 is common because everything is for race cars :smile: Seriously if the bolt is not 8, aren't you afraid of snapping it? I'm glad I don't have to apply 80 ft lbs upside down on the ground to my blade fasteners . They are 5/8" Regards Motoman
Don't need a welder....yet. The straight pipe with muffler is still hanging on.
Problem now is belt seems to be too loose. I just got through replacing both spindals and now they barely rotate. There seems to be only one way to run the deck belt. Can't find any info on my specific deck due to the chassie label missing. I have found two different manuals with pictures of their decks and they are so similar to mine I don't see how I could have installed the belt wrong. But something is fried! It cuts fairly well for 10 feet and peters out.
Any hardware store or auto parts store. One of the easiest grades to find. It will be harder to find grade 8. As I said I was just guessing what bolt was holding the blades on and I get most of my torque specs from a chart which is by grade and size.
Just looking at a chart and not thinking, you are right grade 5. Yes we call them hex head cap screws here in the north, also as being the proper name. But also this isn't a english test. Yes when I order new hardware I call them hex head cap screws. I guess here on the forum I just call them a bolt just like most prople do.
If I am buying a large amount of hardware I buy from a company called Fastenal. If I just need just a small amount Tractor Supply Co. sells nuts and bolts by the lb. Around here the local hardware store is too expensive to buy nuts and bolts. I find most cap screws I buy are a grade 5 unless I want them to shear off easy like rototiller shafts I use a grade 2 and I use a grade 8 on mower blades. I guess still being old school yet I still use like to use inch and foot lbs. but seeing that meteric fasteners have taken over we will have to change with the times and start useing Kilograms or what ever you want to call them.
