Apparently a life of daily driving in the Pacific North Wet is too much for the hardware supplied by MBL. When I received these from another member here they looked brand new, after a few months I have tons of (hopefully just) surface rust on my bolts. I plan on pulling them, without any issues I hope, and replacing them with Stainless bolts but this should serve as a warning to anybody else that they may want to do that first.
The SS will be a lot of $$$
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Not sure I have much choice, other than pulling them completely, since I don't want to leave them to continue rusting.Originally Posted by Steve 0080
Maybe hit them with some shellac
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to Witness Any Longer......
Would having them black powdercoated work???Just a thought...
black zinc coated bolts from Ace Hardware
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Just a suggestion, but after my troubles removing my riser blocks I think I may have learned why I had so much trouble. I removed one bolt at a time, so I think there was too much stress on the remaining bolt. Try removing them together, alternating each bolt as you loosen them. Know what I mean?
There is nothing wrong with that bolt, it is just a little surface rust, if you used some never seize on the threads it won't matter a bit. You could spray a little paint on the head if the cosmetics bother you.
Jay, I admit to not knowing enough about this. Will it be a problem long term? I know that it isn't at risk of breaking right now or anything but 10 years down the road what will the situation be? Also I did not use any never seize on the bolts, so perhaps I should remove them (and buy some never seize) and add some.
Also Dirtstiff, do the zinc coated bolts not rust?
In my opinion the bolts will be fine for a very long time, That said if you are worried about it you could remove the bolts and put some never seize on them and paint the heads or replace them with zinc plated bolts using the never seize. If it is easy to swap them in and out I say go for it, if not I would forget about it.
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