I need a longer one of these...



I included the 10mm 3/8" drive socket just to show some scale. I need a mounting stud with the fine threaded part to be about 1 1/2" long to mount a custom spoiler. I've never done anything like this before, so I'm not sure where to buy parts of this nature.

While I'm at it, what do I "glue" the stud with when I screw the course threaded part of it into the threaded mount of the spoiler?

You can take your vise grips to your nearest salvage yard, that's the easiest way to find more.

quote Originally posted by Isolde: You can take your vise grips to your nearest salvage yard, that's the easiest way to find more.

Well, it's not a simple matter of just requiring "more", I need a couple that are longer. It might be worth my while just to go buy a couple (wherever they might be sold) as opposed to looking over dozens (hundreds?) of wrecked cars hoping to find what I need.

I used threaded rod, cut to length to make studs.

Then, I "glued" the studs into the holes using epoxy.

I roughened up the threaded rods with a grinder, so that the epoxy would grip better, to prevent them from spinning.

quote Originally posted by pmbrunelle: I used threaded rod, cut to length to make studs.

So you don't think I should worry about getting "proper" studs then, one end with machine threads for a nut, and one end with course threads for the spoiler?

Yeah, I guess that would work. Thanks.

Of course, I'm still hoping someone will post and tell me that Home Depot has exactly what I need in the hardware department for 53 cents.

The Ace Hardware speed shop, works for me

Well, here is what I have used in the past... they are wood anchor screws. They have course wood screw on one half and machine threads on the other. Ace Hardware should have them. They are not direct replacements, but they will work.

quote Originally posted by jaskispyder: Well, here is what I have used in the past... they are wood anchor screws. They have course wood screw on one half and machine threads on the other.

Like this?



Yeah, that'll do the trick if I can't find the "proper" mounting stud. Thanks.

Despite Ace Hardware being mentioned twice, I'm still going to check out Home Depot for these wood anchor screws.

I made my own one time but for a different application. I used a long wood screw and screwed it down into one side of my project. Then I used my dremmel to cut the cross-tip head off of it and sharpen that end. Then I just inserted it into a pilot hole in the other piece and twisted them together. Worked like a charm.

Jonathan

Jonathan, glad it worked but I have no idea what you're talking about.

Yup, that is the one. You can get them at Home Depot also.... In my case, Ace is about 6 minutes from home and the big box stores are about 1.5 hrs away.

J.

quote Originally posted by Patrick: Like this? Yeah, that'll do the trick if I can't find the "proper" mounting stud. Thanks. Despite Ace Hardware being mentioned twice, I'm still going to check out Home Depot for these wood anchor screws.

Whatever you do, I wouldn't install old rusty studs from a junkyard.
As the studs rust, they expand, which can cause the wingstands' mounting bosses to split open. (happened to my wingstands, which is what prompted me to replace the original studs with something else)

Those Home Depot ones look like a good choice, although if you're anal about keeping things factory (I am to an extent) you might have a hard time finding them in metric to fit the stock nuts.

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quote Originally posted by Patrick: Jonathan, glad it worked but I have no idea what you're talking about.

It was kinda hard to describe but I'll try again. My wife broke the handle off of her favorite hairbrush. She asked me to try to fix it. I drilled a pilot hole into the handle and one into the brush head. Then I took a big wood screw and screwed it into the brush head about half the length of the screw. Then I used my dremmel cut-off wheel to cut the head of the screw off. Then I continued using the same wheel as a grinder and sharpened the end of the screw. Then I just inserted that into the hairbrush handle and twisted it on.

Jonathan

quote Originally posted by Boostdreamer: Then I just inserted that into the hairbrush handle and twisted it on.

Jonathan, I'll keep your method of attachment in mind if I ever wish to mount a hairbrush handle on the back of my decklid.

im sort of fond of that hairbrush idea ,should go well with those girlly wheels.
but what i generally do is weld some threaded rod on to the old studs..
works for me .
clynt

quote Originally posted by Patrick: Jonathan, I'll keep your method of attachment in mind if I ever wish to mount a hairbrush handle on the back of my decklid.

You know you could make a giant comb out of a rear spoiler wing! LOL

Jonathan

quote Originally posted by hellbentkrusty: im sort of fond of that hairbrush idea ,should go well with those girlly wheels.

Krusty strikes again.
"girlly wheels", eh? .......

Ahem... for those of you who haven't figured it out, Clynt belongs to the same Fiero club as I do here in Vancouver. He's a helpful ol' grump, so I let him get away with this nonsense.

quote Originally posted by hellbentkrusty: but what i generally do is weld some threaded rod on to the old studs.. works for me .

That's a great idea. Volunteering your welder, Krusty? Thanks!

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