When the New Bolt Doesn’t Go Straight . . .

[Ulu]

And the keel roller is done with rolling.

[oldodge41]

Special cam bolt and keel slider?

[keithb7]

Might that carriage bolt, with a square shoulder, slide right into a square punched hole? It does not twist. It is anchored in place. The Nut on the other ends twists on.

it might still work fine!

[Merle Coggins]

Reminds me of this…

[Plymouthy Adams]

Merle.....I stock these in grade 5 and 8 both cadmium plate steel and stainless.....?

 

[Ulu]

Thank you Merle!

 

I have a copy of that somewhere in my shelf of engineering books that I don’t read anymore.

 

Unfortunately, in a bag of 50 fence bolts, this was the only one that had the correct offset head.

 

Edited November 24, 2021 by Ulu

[Sniper]

All you need is a bigger hammer.

[Tooljunkie]

7 hours ago, Sniper said:

All you need is a bigger hammer.

Dont want to go in like a bolt, it can go in like a nail!!

[Ulu]

At first I thought it was a smart idea to use hot dip galvanized bolts on my boat trailer but these things have terrible slop too. If you’re expecting a 2B fit you should probably expect 4D.

 

It was supposed to go through a bracket that holds the roller at the mid-front of my boat trailer. When I put it one way the bolt hits the bracket. When I turned the bolt 180 it went right in. I disliked this so much that it prompted me to crawl my ancient ass out from under the boat, go find a good bolt, and rant about it here for two pages.

Edited November 25, 2021 by Ulu

[Sniper]

Stainless hardware for marine applications is my preferred choice.