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Slingerland bass drum T-bolt

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I'm restoring a '67 Slingerland kick drum, and it's missing one of the T-bolts for the spurs. I've come to find out that the thread measurement is super hard to find these days - Home Depot, local custom fastener place, a couple vintage drum shops... one of which referred me to this forum!

As seen in the photo below, it's 5/16"-24... Anyone have any hints? I'd happily buy one, or better, two, of these if anyone has any spares...

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Posted on 9 years ago
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FWIW, I have decided to have a friend who does metal work re-thread the spur brackets and I'll go with some sort of modern t-bolt. Authenticity be damned, at least I won't be using clamp-on spurs!

Posted on 9 years ago
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If you use a Heli-Coil insert in the mounts then you can use your existing T bolts..

Cheers

John

'77 Slingerland 51N,Super Rock 24,18,14,13.. COW 8,10 Concert toms
'69 Slingerland Hollywood Ace
'75 Rogers Dynasonic 6.5 x 14, 10 lug COB
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'79 Biman 5 1/4, Acrolite
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'84 Tama MasterCraft Superstar 6.5 x 14, 10 lug Rosewood
'98 Slingerland (Music YO) 6" 10 Lug Maple.. NOS
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Posted on 9 years ago
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