Grant wheel boss kit

Started by ben_w, March 19, 2017, 09:46:18 PM

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Guys,

Anyone got a grant boss kit knocking about they don't need please?

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Pretty sure I've got one but for the later column, '74 onwards.

What's it for?
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My buggy David.

One of the mounting holes where the steering wheel bolts to the boss is threaded, need the plastic screws as the wife has hidden the ones someone sent me....etc


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Small Pop rivets work better or just Araldite it on.
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The thread had gone on a couple of mine too. I bought 6 stainless steel allen screws with nylock nuts. Looks better than before :D
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I don't know what boss mine is but Iv done the same as Manx Iv put stainless Allen bolts in n it's looks cool 😃

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Sorry not Manx😂 The same as Zip 😀

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Me too - mine are stainless nuts and bolts
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Sure but if the thread is stripped in the boss it'll need repairing before you can replace the bolts or screws, plus if you want to retain the Grant's working horn button you'll need something like the original shouldered bolts.

Where did you guys even find stainless unf fasteners in this country?
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Quote from: Manxdavid on March 21, 2017, 11:30:45 AM
Sure but if the thread is stripped in the boss it'll need repairing before you can replace the bolts or screws, plus if you want to retain the Grant's working horn button you'll need something like the original shouldered bolts.

Where did you guys even find stainless unf fasteners in this country?

With no thread in the 6 holes, I then used metric shouldered S/S allen bolts and nylocks.
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Quote from: Manxdavid on March 21, 2017, 11:30:45 AM
Sure but if the thread is stripped in the boss it'll need repairing before you can replace the bolts or screws, plus if you want to retain the Grant's working horn button you'll need something like the original shouldered bolts.

Where did you guys even find stainless unf fasteners in this country?

There's a guy called Stainless Jim or Steve or something at the kit car show Dave, I always pick up a few bits of UNF/C for carb linkages etc off him.

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I thought the Grant Boss only has 3 bolts, are you talking about the Mountney made of cheese versions?

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Quote from: Flags on March 21, 2017, 01:20:51 PM
I thought the Grant Boss only has 3 bolts, are you talking about the Mountney made of cheese versions?

Sorry. Yes, mine is a Mountney. Cheese? Are they not good then?
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The 1 that I had stripped the threads and splines also the 1 I found to replace it had the splines cast so far off centre it was like a clown's car.  But the 1 I used on Dai's Sidewinder was fine and even though it is cast alli it polished up well.

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