Why does nobody talk about vintage quill stem binder bolts just snapping?

Had a customer's 80s Fuji in the stand last week, went to adjust the bars, and the 6mm bolt sheared clean off at the threads. Ended up drilling it out and hunting for a replacement for two hours. Anyone have a good source for those weird old M6x1.0 binder bolts besides just hoping the parts bin has one?

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ryan_kim636mo ago

That 1.0 thread pitch is the real killer... most modern stuff is 1.25, so the old ones just get brittle and forgotten. I keep a few salvaged from dead stems in a jar for exactly this. The hunt is half the fun, I guess.

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riley_garcia6mo ago

Tell me about it, my jar of weird old screws is basically a hardware graveyard.

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