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no10chris

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Just a quick one,was changing alternator over, the small captive nut on the back, wasn’t very captive, and disappeared into the abyss, anyone know what thread mm wise it is, I’m thinking 5 but I might be wrong

romanrob

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Do you mean the one that is held to its wire by "claws" ?

no10chris

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romanrob wrote:

Do you mean the one that is held to its wire by "claws" ?
Yes, that’s the one

Harv

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I'm pretty sure it's 5mm. My smallest metric tap is 6mm and too big. A 10-32 (4.8mm) screw threads into the nut nicely, but loosely.

romanrob

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#5

I hand-tightened an M5 nut on the stud just now, so that's your boy

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