Another "bolt and nut" topic

[Jman]

I don't know how many people are as anal as me, but I hate rust and corrosion. As a result, I love to use high quality stainless steel hardware wherever I can. Finding good quality stainless metric fasteners in the U.S. if at all (in any kind of variety) is very difficult. I found this site and used them on my old ZZR which I sold to get the FZ6. They seemed like very good folks. They are in Georgia. If anyone is interested here is the link: Metric Products

Here is a pic of my old bike with the stainless hardware all over it. Hope this helps someone!

 

[BranNwebster]

Dissimilar metals will cause corrosion, I think stainless steel and aluminum are the two metals that are the most reactive as well.

Your basically making a thermocouple. They will also gall which could make it impossible to disassemble.

 

[BranNwebster]

Also metals heat and cool at different rates, which could take fasteners out of torque spec faster than normal.

 

[Jman]

Dissimilar metals will cause corrosion, I think stainless steel and aluminum are the two metals that are the most reactive as well.

Your basically making a thermocouple. They will also gall which could make it impossible to disassemble.

Interesting - I've never had that problem and I've been machining and working with nuts, bolts and metals my whole life. Aluminum does gall, I'll give you that. There are different amounts of nickel and doping of alloys to make various levels of quality for stainless. There is a reason salt water boating stores carry huge amounts of stainless items. Not trying to be a jerk here, just speaking from many years of personal use and experience. Whatever machine work I did two decades ago in stainless(mixed metals or not) still looks the same today and can be disassembled.

 

[Jman]

Also metals heat and cool at different rates, which could take fasteners out of torque spec faster than normal.

I usually use locktite on situations were there is vibration and variances like what your saying. I agree with your above statement. Aside from the different metals issue, all my fairing and windscreen hardware looked like crap on the old bike. Certainly, this was a great application for stainless. I work as a field engineer for GE and I can tell you this: One of the top 5 largest companies in the history of mankind uses nearly all stainless hardware on their x-ray equipment which has a good mix of aluminum and steel metals. The hardware on the 20-30 year old equipment still looks excellent.

 

[BranNwebster]

I does look nice though.

I think I would just be careful with frame and engine.

 

[Jman]

I does look nice though.

I think I would just be careful with frame and engine.

Thanks - I was only trying to share something I found to be helpful.:rockon:

 

[agmom98]

Thanks - I was only trying to share something I found to be helpful.:rockon:

I found it helpful!! I lost the two screws that mount my GPS XM Transponder to the mounting plate behind my GPS. They're M3 0.5 pitch and had a devil of a time finding replacements. I've bookmarked this link, for future reference, since both my bikes are metric, and finding replacement fasteners isn't easy.

 

[xj750_Pete]

Jman,
Thanks for the link. I usually go to Home Depot to get my metric hardware and their selection is quite small.
Nice bike by the way. How does the ZZR compare to the FZ6?

 

[Jman]

Jman,
Thanks for the link. I usually go to Home Depot to get my metric hardware and their selection is quite small.
Nice bike by the way. How does the ZZR compare to the FZ6?

The power band is almost identical, but the handling, looks, braking and fuel injection has got it beat - hands down. Ironically - I just saw someone riding my old bike today and waved at him while on my FZ!