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Major nosecone fixings

Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2013 8:43 am
by Nick
I am going to bolt my majors nosecone (the 58 one), it has six threaded holes in the tombstone for it to fix to, my question is what thread are the bolts? Is it 5/16 unf?

Re: Major nosecone fixings

Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2013 12:41 pm
by Roadless63
They are UNC, quite small from memory possibly 1/4. Pretty much all the threads into castings on a Fordson will be UNC.

Regards,
Ed

Re: Major nosecone fixings

Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2013 10:53 pm
by Nick
well ive tried 1/4 unc, and they too small, whats the next size up, 5/16 i assume?

Re: Major nosecone fixings

Posted: Sat Apr 06, 2013 12:59 am
by JC
Yep. They're 5/16-18 NC.