Rear anti-roll arm bush bracket bolt size!

[roosmith]

Long title but says it all! I have a rounded nut (very painful) on my rear anti roll arm bush bracket. I have ordered the rounded nut removers but of course I will need a replacement nut. Knowing the Bongo, I'm going to assume it isn't a standard metric thread, does anyone know what size I need to buy? Otherwise I will have to remove and then go searching however I know last time non of my local motorfactors or hardware stores could help.

Thanks all

[Tertiary]

Do you have any sort of engineering/fabrication companies or garages close to you? You could always go and ask once you've got the old one off - they are literally a couple of pennies to buy (wholesale), not diy store mega prices....
Just a thought

[Simon Jones]

I'm sure when I did mine it was a bolt rather a nut. Either way, it snapped so I had to get it drilled out and replaced with new nut and bolt. It will be a standard metric size (M8x1.25 at a guess).

[Propnut]

M10 x 1.25 ( metric fine) see http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/V-Star-M10-x- ... 33a9800c4a

Feed with plus gas before dismantling and Put some copper slip or similar on the threads when you reassemble it to save yourself the same grief next time.

[roosmith]

Thanks for the advice. I knew it wasn't likely to be any of my basic kit. I did plus-gas it before trying to take it off last time, and the nut just rounded like butter. Everything that gets taken off my Bongo gets put back with a wire brush, then copper slip. I must have added a couple of kilos of weight in copper slip in my 3 years of ownership!