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| hulkster:
my bolts are 5/16, and they are the right length and everything. so i practiced on a scrap piece of wood to see how they work and all that (never used them before). i used first a 5/16 drill bit for the hole, but the bolt wouldnt fit, unless i like hammered it in, so i wet to a larger bit and the bolt fit but was a little loose. anyway, i know im supposed to secure the bolt on the other side with a nut (heh) which are also 5/16, but they dont screw on by hand (all kinds of jokes could be made here) am i supposed to use a wrench or something? and how do i get the bolts to go in? am i correct using a 5/16 drill bit, or should i use the larger one? please help! |
| AlanS17:
You should expect to hammer it in. That's how you know it's secure. That square part just below the head keeps the bolt from rotating inside the hole. As for the nut, you should at least be able to get it on. Are you sure you got the right size of nut? Did you buy a labelled package or did you buy them individually from a hardware store. If you bought them individually then maybe they were mislabelled. Are they visibly smaller? |
| hulkster:
i bought them in a package, 7 in each package. i guess i can try others, maybe one was messed up or something. and when you hammer in the bolt, the square part is to go in the hole as well correct? |
| AlanS17:
YUP! That's correct. The only part showing should be the head. |
| Hoagie_one:
what about using a carrage bolt with a lexan top? Can you still hammer it through the lexan? |
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