Threaded Insert Installation Guide

Here is a quick video to familiarize yourself with everything in the new GBA Components Thread Repair Kit, and to help guide you through the threaded insert installation process.

Keep Your In-Pavement Light Fixtures Compliant

We put together a quick video to help guide you through the fluoropolymer coated bolt installation process. Following these simple steps will help ensure that the light fixtures on your airfield are in compliance with FAA guidelines.

Still not sure? Take a look at the video below.

Here is an updated time lapse video showing how well (or poorly) various bolt coatings stand up to being sprayed with a salt water solution over the course of a week.

*This test was not designed to simulate real world conditions, but rather to promote corrosion at an accelerated rate.

A Bolt Like No Other

Higher strength than a standard grade 5 bolt, outstanding corrosion protection, and fully compliant with all relevant FAA Advisory Circulars and Engineering Briefs. The fluoropolymer coated bolt from GBA COMPONENTS is not your typical, off-the-shelf fastener. It's a bolt like no other.

Higher strength than a standard grade 5 bolt, outstanding corrosion protection, and fully compliant with all relevant FAA Advisory Circulars and Engineering Briefs. The fluoropolymer coated bolt from GBA Components is not your typical, off-the-shelf fastener. It's a bolt like no other.

GBA Components vs 410 Black Oxide Salt Spray Test

A quick test showing the corrosion resistance of GBA Components fluoropolymer coated bolt compared to bare and black oxide coated 410 stainless steel. 410 stainless steel rusts very quickly and black oxide is not a suitable coating to prevent this corrosion. Visit GBAComponents.com for more information on our fluoropolymer coated bolts as well as other products that we carry.