Black Windshield Bolts?

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Jul 4, 2021 | 09:59 PM

Bob Z.

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Black Windshield Bolts?

I never thought it would be this damn hard to find something! I have a 19" HD Compact Windshield and took it apart since I getting the mounting brackets powder coated Gloss Black; however, I want to replace the OEM stainless bolts with Black ones and I cannot find them anywhere! I do not know the size and HD does not say what they are in the instructions. Can anyone help? There are 9 bolts (with acorn nuts) of which 7 are one length and 2 another.

Jul 4, 2021 | 11:08 PM

DonN

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If you cant find black ones, mount the shield up and tape off areas around nuts and bolts and spray or can use a brush to apply black plastidip. If need to remove, can peel off the plastidip.

Jul 5, 2021 | 05:23 PM

Uncle G.

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If memory serves I believe the windshield screws are 12-24 UNC. This is not a common size and few outlets stock them. In 39 years of design engineering I don’t believe I ever specified them for anything. I would use either #10 or 1/4.

Jul 6, 2021 | 10:13 PM

Bob Z.

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I found some bolts at Ace albeit not the same style but they will work: 10-32 is the size. And I found some acorns on ebay.

Jul 8, 2021 | 07:04 PM

Uncle G.

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Originally Posted by Bob Z.

I found some bolts at Ace albeit not the same style but they will work: 10-32 is the size. And I found some acorns on ebay.

While they may work, they're NOT the correct size. The correct size is #12-24UNC x length. That's a screw with a major diameter of .216" and 24 threads per inch.

For everyone's information, number series machine screws increase in diameter by .013" for each increasing number. For example:
size 00=.047" dia.
size 0=.060" dia.
size 1=.073" dia.
size 2=.086" dia.
size 3=.099" dia.
size 4=.112" dia.
size 5=.125" dia.
size 6=.138" dia.
size 8=.164" dia.
size 10=.190" dia.
size 12=.216" dia.
size 14=.242" dia.- very rare, as it's nearly the same as 1/4. Don't make the mistake of misreading a "14-28" tap as "1/4-28" and trying to install a 1/4-28 screw in that tapped hole. Don't ask me how I know this. LOL.

Last edited by Uncle G.; Jul 8, 2021 at 07:10 PM.