Re: [amsat-bb] G5500 - replacement boom clamps?
The U clamps are metric. That said one can probably find an approximate fit at an industrial supply house like McMaster-Carr.
Well, the entire automotive industry is metric (even what's left of "the big three"), so this shouldn't eliminate the possibility of using exhaust clamps.
--Roy K3RLD
Thanks for all the responses. Looking at the vendors, it seems my main problem will be finding stainless saddle clamps. The U-bolt portion of the assembly appears not too hard to find.
Ken, W7KKE
Alas, that is not true. Yes, 99.99% of all the fasteners on a current vehicle are metric. Modern vehicles don't use muffler clamps, aka exhaust clamps. Those are still the realm of DIY mechanics and hot-rodders, and they are still use imperial dimensions with the threads normally USS, not SAE. McMaster-Carr, showing the metric equivalent of the imperial size, and metric threaded clamps.https://www.mcmaster.com/muffler-clamps
If one has any connection(s) into the metric world you can have them shipped to you. If you NEED to procure metric clamps, let Dr Google do your walking for you.--- Ciao baby, catch you on the flip side. GEO
Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana.
On Saturday, April 13, 2019, 10:58:54 AM PDT, Roy Dean via AMSAT-BB amsat-bb@amsat.org wrote:
The U clamps are metric. That said one can probably find an approximate fit at an industrial supply house like McMaster-Carr.
Well, the entire automotive industry is metric (even what's left of "the big three"), so this shouldn't eliminate the possibility of using exhaust clamps.
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