sweasel.com

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=acorn+nuts

🙂

And just hope your shipment isn’t in a container ship stuck in the Suez.

I refuse to discuss the idea you can’t get imperial measure items in what USED to be the heart of the Empire.

It’s even worse than you think. I have a relative who is an engineer. He has major difficulty getting the correct imperial nuts/bolts/whatever to service machines his company made years ago and which would, for the want of these tiny components, still be completely serviceable and usable.

And yes, I am deeply ashamed of this and many other examples of our irrational capitulation to the Euroloons.

Gooseberries. Oh THAT trigger long repressed childhood memories – depression era farm labor, depression era wages, and living conditions. I was born after, but my mother lived through it and she tried to educate me about ‘work ethic.’ Took me to Sunday School, and papa got me in Boy Scouts. Screwed my life up good, it did.

You may be able to use this chart, but you will, of course, have to replace both the bolt or screw and the acorn nut.

US to Metric Conversion Table - Hardware
inch ... mm
1/16 ... 1.6
1/8 .... 3.2
3/16 ... 4.8
1/4 .... 6.4
5/16 ... 7.9
3/8 .... 9.5
7/16 ... 11
1/2 .... 13
9/16 ... 14
5/8 .... 16
11/16 .. 17
3/4 .... 19
13/16 .. 21
7/8 .... 22
15/16 .. 24
1 ...... 25
1-1/8 .. 29
1-1/4 .. 32
1-3/8 .. 35
1-1/2 .. 38
1-5/8 .. 41
1-3/4 .. 45
1-7/8 .. 48
2 ...... 51
2-1/4 .. 57
2-1/2 .. 64
2-3/4 .. 70
3 ...... 76
3-1/4 .. 83
3-1/2 .. 89
3-3/4 .. 95
4 ..... 102
4-1/2 . 114
5 ..... 127
5-1/2 . 140
6 ..... 152
6-1/2 . 165
7 ..... 178

@Uncle Badger — I have a friend who has a single-digit membership number in the Vincent Owners Club, and who owns several of the old but wonderful motorcycles. Add Whitworth into the Imperial and Metric mess and he comes forth with some VERY colorful language.

could you replace the bolt with metric bolt/nut?

may be easier than finding correct nut

Even if a hardware or fastener store didn’t have the size you need, the store should have a nut and thread gauge so you can measure the size and maybe order replacements (Amazon stocks acorn nuts). Or tell me, and I’ll send you replacements. 🙂 We can’t have you falling over.

How many of those silly things do ya want? Or just go to the ironmonger’s and get the hardware you need to replace the bolts too. If the bolts aren’t replaceable, i.e. they’re studs, measure the diameter of the bolt/stud and let me know. There are only two thread pitches for each bolt diameter, coarse & fine. Acorn nuts are cheap…I’ll ship ya a couple dozen of each thread pitch.

Or replace your portable seat with a Luggable Loo!

A double doodie device, you can sit on, or s*it on.

https://www.amazon.com/Reliance-Products-Luggable-Portable-Gallon/dp/B000FIAPXO

I’ll show myself out, again, shall I?

My first thought was replacing the bolt, but I found a very curious thing when I looked at it: the three bolts are actually one bolt joined in the center with three arms. Never seen one like it, including a quick Google search.