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Old Nov 23, 2015 | 08:10 PM
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So I bought a set of mr.gasket header bolts (#918g) and I noticed something weird. The head of one of the bolts is perfectly round. The other 11 are like normal.

Is it supposed to be like that or did someone oops?


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Old Nov 23, 2015 | 09:07 PM
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thats an oops
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The one on the right in the middle row looks rounded off as a ****. Yeah that completely round one is a mystery
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Old Nov 24, 2015 | 09:37 AM
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I bought my header bolts from pottz and they worked great. Best part is they were only $9.
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hmm, it's not listed in the "special application" bolt chart.
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Old Dec 25, 2020 | 12:47 PM
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Looks to me like it might be a carriage bolt. Does it have a square section just below the head? The manufacturer probably makes many kinds of bolts and this one got thrown in the feeder bin for the packaging machine, off the floor - and their final inspection people don't really care about their products or customers.
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Steve F, welcome to LS1tech!

This is what we call "thread from the dead", the last reply to it before yours was five years ago.

The header bolt in question missed a step during manufacture, the head wasn't formed.

Then it missed a step in quality control, somebody packed the box with it.
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