Fwd: Long Awaited "Blocfor" Washer Update
From: KLebrija1@aol.com
Date: Mon 25 Feb 2002 - 15:31:57 EST
In a message dated 2/25/02 12:27:08 PM Pacific Standard Time, KLebrija1
writes:
> Subj:Long Awaited "Blocfor" Washer Update
> Date:2/25/02 12:27:08 PM Pacific Standard Time
> From:<A HREF="mailto:KLebrija1">KLebrija1</A>
> To:<A HREF="mailto:peugeot-l@egroups.com">peugeot-l@egroups.com</A>
> CC:<A HREF="mailto:Jacques@pieces-international.com">Jacques@pieces-international.com</A>
>
>
>
> I know everybody has been on pins and needles and chewing their nails
> since I asked about the availability of Peugeot manual mandated "Blocfor"
> washers just last week. I, myself, haven't slept well since then.
> Last week I made a personal inspection tour of Western Hemispheres in
> Santa Cruz, CA to see if I could get to the bottom of the "Blocfor"
> question once and for all. Jacques helped me and we did run across a tiny
> bag of 12mm "Blocfors." I needed 10mm ones and didn't buy them.
> Depressed, but not defeated, I went to a very good Italian place on
> Seabright in Santa Cruz called "Al Dente" for a glass of Italian wine and
> an excellent sausage rigatoni. As I suspected, no one in the restaurant,
> or at Brady's, the bar next door, knew anything about "Blocfor" washers
> either.
> The next day, in Berkeley, I headed to my usual last resort, Bowlin
> Equipment, a fastener specialty shop, on 10th Street. I showed them my
> sample, which looked a lot like a 3/8 star washer that they stock. Their
> 3/8 fit over the sample bolt's threaded area, but it didn't fit over the
> remaining part of the shank. The clerk went in back and returned with a
> metric washer designed for, what he referred to, use with "socket head cap
> screws." He informed me that the washer was also called a "rib washer."
> The washer, being metric, fit perfectly, is compact, just like those
> "Blocfors" and looks quite elegant. I bought bags of 10 and 12mm washers
> which I plan to press into service this week.
> For all I know the rest of you guys/gals out on the list are sitting
> on big bags of "Blocfor's," but if you aren't, and are too shy to voice
> your washer needs, I suggest that you contact Bowlin for some of these
> "Blocfor" alternatives. They are made by a company in Germany called
> Adolph Schnorr. Bowlin's telephone number is (510) 527-8282 and their FAX
> is (510) 527-8383. They don't have e-mail.
> Aside from these washers, the family who runs Bowlin is great and they
> stock. or can find, about every weird fastener, tap, die. etc., known to
> man or beast.
> Ken
Sorry, their FAX is (510) 527-3783, not 8383.
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