Timeline for Allen key bolts vs Phillips head make a difference?
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| Jul 29, 2020 at 20:32 | answer | added | SiHa | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jul 29, 2020 at 18:38 | history | edited | Alaska Man | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jul 29, 2020 at 18:19 | comment | added | isherwood | Almost any hardware store has metric bolts, but they're in the little slidey trays, not in the bins. | |
| Jul 29, 2020 at 18:16 | answer | added | FreeMan | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jul 29, 2020 at 17:51 | comment | added | Carl Witthoft | I would track down (hey! use this internet thingy!!! :-) ) the correct hex-head bolts. They are much easier to use and much more difficult to damage. | |
| Jul 29, 2020 at 4:22 | comment | added | NoSparksPlease | Your problem is probably a "Pitch" issue, it's how close the grooves on the bolt are. You may have an M6-1.0x30 and a M6-0.75x30 and the would both be the same length and diameter, but the grooves on the 1.0 will be 1 mm apart, while the 0.75 will be 3/4 of a mm apart. | |
| Jul 29, 2020 at 4:21 | comment | added | Solar Mike | Are they shank bolts? In which case they won’t go in fully. | |
| Jul 29, 2020 at 2:20 | comment | added | Daniel Griscom | Hello, and welcome to Home Improvement. It's hard to tell how to help you; a picture of the problem might help, but even then this may not be a good fit for our site. You should probably take our tour so you'll know you'll know the details of contributing here. | |
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| Jul 29, 2020 at 2:02 | history | asked | Jennifer | CC BY-SA 4.0 |