Where to get screws

[kkane97]

I need a few screws for my maxx, after stripping some, and I feel like paying 20 bucks for a new set isn't worth it and I can get them some for a good bit cheaper somewhere else online, does anyone have any ideas? Or any information on the sizes and threads?

 

[synnyzter]

I simply get them from the local hardware store! Cheaper and the same thing. Can even get stainless, chrome, black...

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Just have to figure out what sizes u need by reading the exploded view online, or just a parts list. Both are easily Googled and usually PDF form....

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[kkane97]

Here is an exploded view of a truck section, where can I find the screw types?
http://traxxas.com/explodedviews/49104-Rear-Assembly

 

[dub c]

Vegas?.......

 

[kkane97]

I think I found the right thing, 100 screws for 4 bucks, 3*15mm, what does 3* .5mm mean though?
http://www.boltdepot.com/Metric_machine_screws_Phillips_flat_head_Stainless_steel_18-8.aspx

 

[Snook Man]

I need a few screws for my maxx, after stripping some, and I feel like paying 20 bucks for a new set isn't worth it

I wouldn’t pay $20 for a set of screws either, not because that’s too expensive but because the screws would most likely be cheap and not worth the $20.00
3mmX 0.5 will be the most common screw size on your rig. Length and head type will differ. Cap head, button head, counter sunk/flat head etc.
Most hardware store do not carry quality 3mm screws or a good variety of lengths and head types.
Tony’s screws sell some of the best available screws (black oxide alloy steel (grade 12.9 metric & ASTM A574 and ASTM F835 standard) for an rc you can buy. You can purchase the complete kit or packs of 5/10. Other on line retailers also sell the same quality screw.
Stainless and chrome screws for a land based rc are not a good idea unless it’s a shelf queen. Stainless screws are much softer and will bend and stip the threads/head much easier than a quality grade 12.9 screw. Chrome screws are most often soft metal with chrome plating and do not fair well to abuse either.
When it comes to screws, if you cheap out you will pay in the long run.

 

[synnyzter]

Sears hardware carries them, as does my ace hardware...those are both very common stores. All different sizes, heads, lengths, even slot types. And yes they are of the same quality if u know what your getting.

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[Snook Man]

Aight, guess I learned something today. But it wasn’t anything to do with screws...

 

[synnyzter]

:/

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[WoodiE]

Give http://www.mcmaster.com/ a look.

 

[Greywolf74]

I think I found the right thing, 100 screws for 4 bucks, 3*15mm, what does 3* .5mm mean though?
http://www.boltdepot.com/Metric_machine_screws_Phillips_flat_head_Stainless_steel_18-8.aspx

Bolt Depot is one of the main places I get my RC screws from. I prefer to click on the "Socket Products" link though and buy the actual socket head RC type screws rather than phillips head but to each his own.

The size you will usually see in a metric screw would be something like M3x.5x12mm. The M3 means that the screw is approx 3mm in diameter, the .5 in the middle is the thread pitch, and the last number (in this case 12mm) would be 12mm long. Often time you wont see them with the thread pitch listed unless its a non standard pitch for that size screw so in your case a 3*15 would be a M3 screw that is 15mm long.

In addition to bolt depot. these two sites occasionally have things that bolt depot doesn't.

http://rtlfasteners.com/RC/r2.html

http://www.microfasteners.com/

 

[olds97_lss]

Give http://www.mcmaster.com/ a look.

+1 for mcmaster

I went to the container store and bought 10-15 little containers then spent about $50 at mcmaster on various nuts/bolts/washers. I go about a year or two and stock up from there. They have nearly everything in regards to nuts/bolts/washers.