My hardware purchases include inch-thread nuts as well as metric slot hardware. Keeping the thread family identifiable matters when small parts look very similar in a tray.
The drilled connectors and fasteners joining my added extrusion to the roof rack.
The item in my kit
I bought Number-10-24 Stainless Hex Nuts as part of my camper van equipment.
My hardware purchases include inch-thread nuts as well as metric slot hardware. Keeping the thread family identifiable matters when small parts look very similar in a tray.
Where it fits my build
For the light bar, I cut an added extrusion beam and made three short drilled connectors. The rack side used quarter-twenty hardware, while the smaller 2020 extrusion used M5 hardware.
The different nuts changed the assembly sequence. A rack nut had to slide in through an opening, which meant undoing bolts I had already tightened; the smaller nuts could move and spin while I tried to start a bolt. I used an Allen key to reposition them.
The profiles and joint hardware during my roof-mount assembly.
My build notes
The cutting and drilling made the components, but positioning the small hardware took its own time. I recorded the difference between inserting the rack nuts and fishing the smaller nuts into place because it affected how the joint went together.
The profile, connector shape, bolt and slot nut all contributed to the assembly sequence.
Alternative products
Two alternatives to compare
Fullerkreg and Yinpecly provide other number-ten-24 hex-nut packs. Both are same-thread alternatives with their own package formats.
Fullerkreg Number-10-24 Hex Nuts
These Fullerkreg stainless nuts use number-ten-24 threads. Their external hex shape provides the wrenching surface around the threaded opening.
