OEM strut brace bolts?

Technical Area Steering & Suspension
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Here are some photos of the bolt thread measurement and nut across-flats measurement.
(In my previous post I forgot to double check and made the basic mistake of letting the knife-edges of the caliper jaws slip into the bottom of the screw thread, many apologies for muddying the waters.)

Thread is 8mm, M8

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Nut takes a 12mm socket

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I guess any M8 flanged nut (preferably self-locking) will do.
eg the nuts on UK Amazon with code B07KKKX219
I can’t post the url because the word ‘flanged’ without the ‘d’ is forbidden by the forum editor and is a part of the link!

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If you ever come up against this problem, tinyurl.com is your friend. Makes a custom, short, link to the page

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Sorry but nothing to do with the fixing problem but just a shear delight to see a proper Vernier in use not a digital or dial one, just one that makes you eyes squint to read it, 0.486 in, 12.22 mm if my 67 year old eyes in form my grey matter, cheers Rob.

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Only the best, it’s now approx forty years old.

I also have a digital one, but it is not as accurate, and is less ergonomic, and it needs to be re-zeroed each time it is switched on.