Self Tapping bolts (BoulderBars)

DaveKJ02 · **Posted:** Wed Aug 30, 2006 9:35 pm

Somebody must have done this...If I take my boulderbars off to paint them, will I have any problems with those self tapping bolts when I put them back on? There's not a whole lot of contact area where some of them mount and if I lose that thread, I'm thinking I may be SOL?

moose · **Posted:** Wed Aug 30, 2006 10:00 pm

Mine haven't moved in the two months I've had the OEM's off. You should be fine.

corwyyn · **Posted:** Fri Sep 01, 2006 3:23 am

As long as you start the bolts back in by hand so that you can tell if they are cross-threading or not you should be fine.

moose wrote:

Mine haven't moved in the two months I've had the OEM's off. You should be fine.

Are you talking about the nut-serts for the bolts? The BoulderBars don't use those, instead they come with self-tapping bolts. You drill a slightly smaller hole (which is why people always ask where to find an 'F' drill bit) and as you turn the bolts into the holes they create their own threading. I think Dave is just concerned about possibly stripping threads when he re-installs them.

Jeepjeepster · **Posted:** Fri Sep 01, 2006 7:18 am

Moose has the skinks corwyyn. :wink:

Eddo · **Joined:** Thu Jul 07, 2005 7:01 pm **Posts:** 1214

Jeepjeepster wrote:

Moose has the skinks corwyyn. :wink:

They have the same self tapping bolts though.

corwyyn · **Posted:** Fri Sep 01, 2006 12:58 pm

Jeepjeepster wrote:

Moose has the skinks corwyyn. :wink:

Oop, my bad. He was talking about having the OEM bars off and I didn't bother to read his sig area.

Jeepjeepster · **Posted:** Fri Sep 01, 2006 2:09 pm

Eddo wrote:

Jeepjeepster wrote:

Moose has the skinks corwyyn. :wink:

They have the same self tapping bolts though.

He though moose was talking about the OEM rails. :wink:

Self Tapping bolts (BoulderBars)

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