Screwed again

[jaxon]

It seems you can get really screwed over with this Ebay listing.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/BMW-K100RS-Stainless-Steel-Screw-Kit-Bolt-Kit-of-352-fasteners-/381757572275?hash=item58e28644b3:g:eQwAAOSwxH1ULxPM&vxp=mtr

[Motorhobo]

I bought a parts bike whose original owner had purchased such a a stainless screw kit -- still can't figure out which screws were part of this and which not...seems there were a lot of bags with stainless screws in the and not so many actually on the bike.

So why are you saying 'get screwed'? In the literal sense or the figurative, that is, are these kits bogus or dependable and trustworthy?

[kioolt]

I bought from this vendor about 12 years ago for my R1150RT.  Everything was just as his ad says.  All of the screws were in little bags indicating where they went.

[jaxon]

You would literally get screws. :hehehe

I'm sure if it was well put together and real stainless stee. it might come in handy.I noticed some were using hex when the originals used phillips. Finding the right ones can be a real PITA when you need them.

[Brad-Man]

So you mean you got STAINLESSLY screwed instead of ROYALLY...

Had me worried there for a bit...

[jaxon]

I bought from this vendor about 12 years ago for my R1150RT.  Everything was just as his ad says.  All of the screws were in little bags indicating where they went.

Worth it? I have some questionable screws that over time could be a problem. The muffler has hex screws that are a little rusty. Some others are surface corroded. I have replacement bolts for the header. They are really rusty and I'm leery about invested time to replace them. If they break out it would start another period of down time to replace them if they break.

[beemerphile]

A couple of things are worth noting about stainless screws...  They can gall like crazy, especially stainless into stainless, and they are not as strong as higher rated bolts (8.8, 10.9).  Be very careful if you are considering them to replace critically torqued or highly stressed fasteners.

Generally, I think you are better off with the originally spec'ed fasteners.

[The Mighty Gryphon]

I have them on my RT and outside of having really bad packaging(screw from bag D, flat washer from bag H, and wave washer from bag A), they aren't all that bad.  They looked to me like decent quality MilSpec hardware.

So far I haven't had any problems as most of them are into aluminum or steel, and every one is installed with copper anti-seize. 

THe price isn't too bad considering some of the hard to find specialty fasteners ithe kit contains, but since then I have bought bulk packs of fasteners to replace things like case screws on the engines.  Cheaper that way.