by cracker39 » Mon Mar 27, 2006 4:47 pm
Chip, I looked in the specialty drawers at both Lowes and HD and found no elevator bolts. But, I did find some cabinet hardware, 1/4"x20 connector bolts with round, flat heads driven in with a hex wrench. They also have 1/4"x20 threaded inserts with a head wider than the outside threads so that they can't be pulled through the wood. I can put these on the inside, in the framing, and insert the bolts through the fender face into the inserts. A 1 1/2" bolt will go through the two pieces of 3/4" wood and 1/4" skin, into the threaded insert, which is about 3/4" long, giving me about 1/2" of gripping threads for the bolt. With some locktite, they should stay put.