warrenk05

I just finished removing my 6 bolts after a few hours. I was planning on going to home depot and purchasing bolts similar to these. will this work? anyone know the exact size of it? does it matter if I have the oem bolts in the back but new (home depot) ones in the front of the driveshaft?

azunboy

Id go buy OEM bolts. SERIOUSLY. bolts made for your car>off the shelf stuff
And i think the OEM bolts are only 2 bucks? Its not like youll have to go down there again and remove them anytime soon

INTJ

HD and others have metric cap screws in different grades, but you can't be sure about the quality, just use Honda.

crank

oem they were made for the car......

chris_barry

Just get a grade 12.9 set of high tensile cap head bolts the right length.

The OEM ones seem a bit soft around the hex driver and can take hours to get out.

I've had no problems with the 12.9's in my race car, and that come apart fairly regularly.

AusS2000

Where were you when I asked this last week!

I bought OEM on the suggestion of some learned members but it really is a pain in the butt how soft they are. Someone said they are soft to bond with the washers but I'd say use harder material and loctite.

INTJ

This is a misconception. The higher grades have greater strength, but they fail by failing completely in shear. Lower grade is often better because they distort, but not snap.

crank

very interesting.

Kirpich

8.8 would work. Try ace hardware. I'm using them mixed with oem.

ahrmike

I think the bolts are supposed to be torqued enough so they see no (or little) shear - they're only experiencing tension and teh friction between the bonded areas "hold" the shaft?