Engine stand to engine bolt strength

[Dave75]

I'm

No, Shifty just lost his spacekey .

[Glenno]

FFS go to local bolt shop spend $10-15 and buy 4 bolts the correct size. The time you would spend looking for the right bolts, cutting, welding, modifying stuff is going to cost you more than the trip.

[Gassed250]

FFS go to local bolt shop spend $10-15 and buy 4 bolts the correct size. The time you would spend looking for the right bolts, cutting, welding, modifying stuff is going to cost you more than the trip.

I tried this today so i could mount a 2j to my $69 sca stand, the cunts wanted $26.50 per fucking bolt be fucked if im paying $106 for bolts to hold an engine to a stand
FFS the ARP main stud kit for my 351 was only $120

So im looking for some 12x1.25x100mm bolts that wont rape me for price

[Cantilever Bridge]

ive used headbolts and bunnings 12.9's for cast iron straight 6's

[PLAYA]

Where did u go? I think they will be a few dollars each at Coventry fastners, or just make some from booker rod

[BMWTurbo]

Just cut the 'tubes' on the stand back. I'm using the factory bolts to hold my no shit on to the Aldi stand.

[Gassed250]

I just scabbed through a mates bolt bucket and found a few u11 pintara suspension arm bolts :D

[gmh265]

is this still for sale? wtf its a bolt that holds an engine up.. if you cannot pull that off try www.imafaggot.com.au

[Greg Rust]

^ lol this

[OvlovMan]

The 6 bolts cost me the price of a new set of multigrips due to minimum spend on EFTPOS at Total Fasteners ...

Yes I was probably over thinking it but to explain the madness of my thoughts where I was coming from was this.

In an engine bay the bolts going from the bell housing to the engine are in the designed place and the engine to bell housing mating surfaces distribute the unsupported load evenly.

This would be placing relatively little stress on the bolts themselves which is mostly along their length? Once in the engine bay the engine/gearbox mounts support the lot as well.

On an engine stand the mating surfaces disappear concentrating the stresses/weight to 4 points as you use maximum 4 bolts instead of 6 or more and, the only supported area is the place where the bolts mount the engine to the stands' frame. To me now the stress on the bolts is more sheer related than along the length of the bolts meaning they should probably be better than Bunnings gal specials?

But carry on. As I made clear very early in the piece I have never done this hence the questions in case the thing drops on me, the wife, the kids or the cat after extended periods on the stand

[Glenno]

I tried this today so i could mount a 2j to my $69 sca stand, the cunts wanted $26.50 per fucking bolt be fucked if im paying $106 for bolts to hold an engine to a stand
FFS the ARP main stud kit for my 351 was only $120

So im looking for some 12x1.25x100mm bolts that wont rape me for price

I paid $12 for the set of bolts currently holding the 2J to an engine stand at my workshop.

The 6 bolts cost me the price of a new set of multigrips due to minimum spend on EFTPOS at Total Fasteners ...

Yes I was probably over thinking it but to explain the madness of my thoughts where I was coming from was this.

In an engine bay the bolts going from the bell housing to the engine are in the designed place and the engine to bell housing mating surfaces distribute the unsupported load evenly.

This would be placing relatively little stress on the bolts themselves which is mostly along their length? Once in the engine bay the engine/gearbox mounts support the lot as well.

On an engine stand the mating surfaces disappear concentrating the stresses/weight to 4 points as you use maximum 4 bolts instead of 6 or more and, the only supported area is the place where the bolts mount the engine to the stands' frame. To me now the stress on the bolts is more sheer related than along the length of the bolts meaning they should probably be better than Bunnings gal specials?

But carry on. As I made clear very early in the piece I have never done this hence the questions in case the thing drops on me, the wife, the kids or the cat after extended periods on the stand

This is your problem Total Fasteners are a bunch of cunts owned by Blackwoods who only want to deal with big industry not the general public.

[BigMuz]

Ummm the bolts have to withstand the entire force of a clutch dump trying to twist the gearbox off the back of the engine. Sitting hanging on an engine stand from a couple of basic bolts should be ok..

[Billzilla]

Ummm the bolts have to withstand the entire force of a clutch dump trying to twist the gearbox off the back of the engine. Sitting hanging on an engine stand from a couple of basic bolts should be ok..

They shouldn't - the studs that are (usually, at least) either the back of the engine or front of the bell housing take that load, the bolts just clamp it all together.
But yeah it's not super critical.

[Nero]

Bunnings coach bolts FTW

[BigMuz]

Shh bill.