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Old 03-10-2016, 14:32   #25
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Re: Help find chainplate bolts

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Originally Posted by Celestialsailor View Post
For the OP and Sailor Russell, simply but 316 SS carriage bolts and a 1/4" square file. A minute amount of elbow grease and you do not even need some one holding the other side with a driver.
If the op's chain plates are any where near the thickness of mine doing this with a file would be a long, tedious process.

In my case that would be filing 200 corners! Even if it could be done in 3 minutes a corner, that would be over 10 hours of filing. My hands are cramping just thinking about that!
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