Today I thought I would use these nice wide, black, alloy mudguards from my project box on the Chiltern. Simple enough…except I was lacking the threaded clevis pins for mounting the mudguard stays to the lugs.

So, I drilled a pair of M6 stainless hex head screws I had lying around. Specifics below…

Unfortunately, the stainless was a bit too brittle and the hole a bit too big and they both (yes, both) snapped when I tightened the nuts on. I think I’ll try again with M6 high tensile shoulder screws which should give me a greater diameter shank to take the hole and then I can just cut off the excess shoulder and head. Now to find some…

R:B