Looking for specific bolt

[LUDELVR]

What's up lads!

Okay, here's my situation. I have removed my timing chain tensioner on my S2K and it doesn't seem too difficult to reinstall; however, I am lacking a specific bolt to get the piston retracted. Here's what I'm looking for:

It's a 5mm X .80 bolt that is at least 1.5- 2" long. I need this and a nut that fits it.

Does anyone know where I can get this thing? I have tried Rona, Home Depot and a few automotive shops but can't find this damn bolt. I'm thinking of just going into Honda and asking them to retract it for me but I'm fearing they'll bend me over on something that would cost me a couple of bux for a bolt.

Any help would be appreciated or if you have this bolt, do share!

Cheers

[inline6turbo]

Suprisingly CTire has probably the best selection of bolts I've ever come across. I remember looking for some specific ones that Auto Value, Home Depot, and Rona didn't carry, hit Ctire and yup, there they were!

[anothers10]

Bolt supply house should have what your looking for.

http://www.boltsupply.com/home.aspx

[misterrick]

quest industrial will have it.

[legendboy]

Triad Fasteners will have it. I don't think there is a 5mm x .8 pitch bolt tho

Whats the .8 your refering too?

[misterrick]

Originally posted by legendboy
Triad Fasteners will have it. I don't think there is a 5mm x .8 pitch bolt tho

Whats the .8 your refering too?

0.8 is the only thread pitch there is in a 5mm.......

if im not mistaken from my 2 years of working at quest, its the space between each thread in mm. obviously there isnt a lot of room between each thread with a bolt that small. therefore, theres only 0.8mm between each.

[2EFNFAST]

BOlt supply house
Triad fasteners

will be your best bet if it's just a generic grade 5/8 course/fine metric/sae bolt.

Sometimes auto manufacturers use 'special 'bolts and nuts in certain places (e.g., the spindle nuts used to hold spindle on sn95 mustangs isn't just a regular 34mm locking nut); in those cases it's better to pay the markup.

[legendboy]

Originally posted by misterrick



0.8 is the only thread pitch there is in a 5mm.......

if im not mistaken from my 2 years of working at quest, its the space between each thread in mm. obviously there isnt a lot of room between each thread with a bolt that small. therefore, theres only 0.8mm between each.

oh yep my bad

[LUDELVR]

Yeah, this is the bolt size that Honda specifically calls for when retracting the TCT and it has to be longer than an average one, hence the 1.5".

Anyway, I'll have a look at these places. Just hope they are open on Saturdays!

[EM1FTW]

I've used a safety pin the past for a K-series tensioner.
IIRC they are very similar in design to the S2K ones

[Afrodeziak]

metric at crappy tire? last I tried, they never had any?

[jdmgt]

the best way to compress the piston is use the battery tie down, wind that down onto the tensioner, it gives you enough slack.
the battery tie down is a 5mm bolt

[78si]

http://www.fastenal.com/web/products...99792558&Nty=0

Fastenal Part No. (SKU) 38551

http://www.fastenal.com/web/location...lgary&state=AB

[silviak91]

Originally posted by anothers10
Bolt supply house should have what your looking for.

http://www.boltsupply.com/home.aspx

+1

[LUDELVR]

Originally posted by jdmgt
the best way to compress the piston is use the battery tie down, wind that down onto the tensioner, it gives you enough slack.
the battery tie down is a 5mm bolt

You gotta be taking the piss! Are you serious? That's pretty funny if that's the case! I'll have a go at that first because I can't seem to get to those stores in time before they close but we'll see.

MaybeI should order it on line but one bolt! Sheesh!

[LUDELVR]

Originally posted by legendboy
Triad Fasteners will have it. I don't think there is a 5mm x .8 pitch bolt tho

Whats the .8 your refering too?

Got the bolt I need from these guys! It helps being open on a Saturday until noon!

I should have known that you would have recommended these guys seeig that they are only a block away from your work!

Thanks again all for the help!