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wrndln · 01-29-2012, 04:50 PM

Has anyone had trouble with the longer 1928 inside runningboard bolts being too short? I have tried a couple parts places and both bolts were about 1/8" to 1/4" too short. The nuts go on, however they only thread on to about half of the nuts threads. I believe there should be about a thread or thread and a half protruding from the nuts. I am using original runningboards and original forged brackets, so that can't be the problem. I guess I could take some carriage bolts and weld a spot on the head and use them, but I would think the early bolt kits would work correctly. Maybe it is like many other repro items, they don't fit well and don't look right.

One additional question: Did the runningboard bolts use lock washers with the nuts? It seems like they should have lock washers.
Rusty Nelson

01-29-2012, 04:50 PM	#1
wrndln Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Lakeville, MN Posts: 5,297	28 runningboard bolts Has anyone had trouble with the longer 1928 inside runningboard bolts being too short? I have tried a couple parts places and both bolts were about 1/8" to 1/4" too short. The nuts go on, however they only thread on to about half of the nuts threads. I believe there should be about a thread or thread and a half protruding from the nuts. I am using original runningboards and original forged brackets, so that can't be the problem. I guess I could take some carriage bolts and weld a spot on the head and use them, but I would think the early bolt kits would work correctly. Maybe it is like many other repro items, they don't fit well and don't look right. One additional question: Did the runningboard bolts use lock washers with the nuts? It seems like they should have lock washers. Rusty Nelson Last edited by wrndln; 01-29-2012 at 06:37 PM.