Looking for source of aviation fasteners

[lchris21]

Hello all,
Been trawling the www to try and locate a decent choice and supply of aviation type fasteners for use on a project? Particularly bi-hex nuts and bolts pictured. Used or new it matters not...
Ebay is just a source of ££££ titanium one offs.....eye watering expensive
Any suggestions? Cheers.

 

[Seadog]

Hello all,
Been trawling the www to try and locate a decent choice and supply of aviation type fasteners for use on a project? Particularly bi-hex nuts and bolts pictured. Used or new it matters not...
Ebay is just a source of ££££ titanium one offs.....eye watering expensive
Any suggestions? Cheers.
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Triumph motorcycles use 3/8 ing bihex nuts

 

[JLP]

Have you tried pro-bolt.com? Had some from them before for a previous project I did

 

[Shox Dr]

LAS Aerospace Ltd

 

[CompoSimmonite]

Langy said he got them from USA as cheapest source

 

[8ob]

ARP comes to mind, certainly a lot cheaper than TI. Real Steel are stockists in the UK and get weekly shipments.

http://www.realsteel.co.uk/

http://arp-bolts.com/kits/Bulk.php?PL=100&M=*&W=*&D=3&P=*&WS=*

 

[lchris21]

cheers All. time to do some proper new years shopping

 

[Ruffian]

Do you need metric or imperial
(Only because aeroplanes still use mainly imperial)

 

[lchris21]

it's not important I can work with either

 

[zeppelin builder]

it's not important I can work with either

look up ,Skycraft aviation,
do lots of stuff for diy plane builders

 

[Rob85]

What are they required for? Aviation ones are normally bought to suit a very specific task, I've fitted ones to aircraft parts that are only torque to 13 lb/ft and on other parts fitted an identical bolt, same sizes and grip length and visually identical to the other and is torque up to 80 lb/ft. Regardless aviation stuff is always expensive unless bought in large quantity

 

[dobbslc]

@lchris21 welcome back! Haven't seen much of your brilliant work for ages, what are you up too?
How's that single cylinder bike project going?

 

[Shox Dr]

What are they required for? Aviation ones are normally bought to suit a very specific task, I've fitted ones to aircraft parts that are only torque to 13 lb/ft and on other parts fitted an identical bolt, same sizes and grip length and visually identical to the other and is torque up to 80 lb/ft. Regardless aviation stuff is always expensive unless bought in large quantity

You would be surprised how little fasteners cost. I was.

 

[Morrisman]

I found a bunch of them on eBay, Rolls Royce stainless engine fasteners, in little old sealed RR bags.. They were dirt cheap, 1/4” and 5/16” unf. I found them in the aircraft spares, several years ago now though.

 

[lchris21]

Ha cheers boys, will keep an eye out...

@lchris21 welcome back! Haven't seen much of your brilliant work for ages, what are you up too?
How's that single cylinder bike project going?

nice of you to remember @dobbslc ............cut a long story short, due to other silly middle age crisis commitments like racing Ironman and running Marathons... I tend to get in the man cave only during the winter. I sort of lost my way on the big single project in early Feb last year and was chopping and changing my ideas and started to rush things so decided to leave it there and start a fresh when I get round to it, already got some fresh ideas. In the meantime I thought I'd buy a more complete bike as a quick turnaround project (1976, XS650) for use last summer.....................anyway OCD kicked in and I got a bit carried away with it Ive been meaning to start a new thread on the subject, and will do in the next few weeks, but in the meantime heres a quick taster....

 

[dobbslc]

"Ive been meaning to start a new thread on the subject, and will do in the next few weeks, but in the meantime heres a quick taster...."

Can't wait! I also had a mid life crisis and I've had to put my XV750 cafe racer on ice as I moved to a house that needs just a bit of work!!!
I haven't touched it since I moved in 18 months ago.

 

[Wallace]

Another bike thread? Hate it already!

Did you look at Real Steel for the ARP 12 point UNC fasteners?

 

[Farside]

You would be surprised how little fasteners cost. I was.

I recall taking a packet of aviation pop rivets from Luton airport to the BAC hangar at Brum airport. The bloke I dropped them with told me the cost of them - about 25p each, but by the time all the paperwork was put on top of them, they were about a fiver each, and woe betide anyone who went outside the trusted supply chain (quite rightly, too), which is why the cost of couriering them from Luton to Brum wasn't a cost worth bothering too much about.