[DeTomaso] Help needed! Metric Harness Eyebolts 11mm X 1.25 pitch

[Bjoern Flesland]

Guy working on car for me now says:

Yes thread sizes are very close – but passenger side has the child seat hook on it and the bolt head says 8.8 That’s METRIC.
I believe a  stock bolt would have a grade 8 marking instead of a 8.8 marking….means it’s a metric bolt in that hole.    

Re. a 7/16-20 bolt he tried he says:
It doesn’t tread in by hand, just want YOU to be the one to make the call on the thread size and pitch.

Silly question probably but I ask you guys anyway:
Is there a difference between a 7/16-20 UNF and a 7/16-20 SAE bolt?

Can that be the issue here? Or is it simply metric bolts I need?
Cheers Bjoern




Den 3. apr. 2011 kl. 07:27 skrev JDeRyke at aol.com:

> In a message dated 4/2/11 3:09:28 PM, thomas at hax.se writes:
> 
>> I believe they are 7/16-20 (UNF) thread, not M11. The same thread as the half shaft bolts.
> 
> 
> .... and if they are, as Thomas posted, 7/16-20 SAE threads will almost exactly match. There are several other places on the Pantera where this occurs and the metric & SAE interchange-such as the tie rod ends. Use a little thread lube. Good luck- J Deryke