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Vespa P125X VNX1T 1981 Restoration

Stuggi

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Piaggio P125X

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Stuggi

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Piaggio P125X

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Posts: 60
Location: Finland

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nomadinsiam wrote:

Stuggi wrote:

Some more pictures of the process, I also found out that it pays to use the old screws during the fitting process, as you're prone to buggering up the heads while trying to get the screws in.

Good to keep the original screws. The nice new shiny reproduction ones are prone to have their heads snap right off leaving a nice threaded piece of screw sitting in there to deal with.

Yeah, it seems as if all the repro screws are the wrong design as well, the original ones are domed countersunk head, while the reproductions are normal flat headed countersunk screws.

hjo UTC details Molto Verboso Scattered remnants of (two!) 1974 Rallys Joined: UTC Posts: 1847 Location: San Francisco, CA
hjo Molto Verboso Scattered remnants of (two!) 1974 Rallys Joined: UTC Posts: 1847 Location: San Francisco, CA	UTC quote I just ordered two of those, and was disappointed that they are just screws from the hardware store.

Christopher_55934

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2007 Stella 225

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Christopher_55934

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2007 Stella 225

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Stuggi wrote:

nomadinsiam wrote:

Stuggi wrote:

Some more pictures of the process, I also found out that it pays to use the old screws during the fitting process, as you're prone to buggering up the heads while trying to get the screws in.

Good to keep the original screws. The nice new shiny reproduction ones are prone to have their heads snap right off leaving a nice threaded piece of screw sitting in there to deal with.

Yeah, it seems as if all the repro screws are the wrong design as well, the original ones are domed countersunk head, while the reproductions are normal flat headed countersunk screws.

Your looking for a oval head machine screw.

https://www.mcmaster.com/oval-head-machine-screws/

OP Stuggi UTC details Enthusiast Piaggio P125X Joined: UTC Posts: 60 Location: Finland
OP Stuggi Enthusiast Piaggio P125X Joined: UTC Posts: 60 Location: Finland	UTC quote Christopher_55934 wrote: Your looking for a oval head machine screw. https://www.mcmaster.com/oval-head-machine-screws/ Not quite, the stock ones are wood/sheet metal thread, not machine thread. I have a local equivalent to McMaster-Carr, so I'll see if they can tell me the correct screw dimension, if so I'll post it here in case somebody else needs to locate new screws themselves.

swa45 UTC details Molto Verboso One or two fun scoots....nothing too precious Joined: UTC Posts: 1996 Location: UK (South East)
swa45 Molto Verboso One or two fun scoots....nothing too precious Joined: UTC Posts: 1996 Location: UK (South East)	UTC quote I have been using Accu here in the UK. Top quality, better than OEM, A4 marine or A2 stainless, and a wide variety of specifications. For example, this is the raised/oval head, countersunk self tapping screw with a Phillips/cross head, but they also do slotted, depending on the requirement. https://www.accu.co.uk/en/941-phillips-self-tapping-raised-countersunk-screws

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