On 21 Dec 2003 07:08:33 -0800, jim rozen
wrote:


I had to replace
a 7mm shear pin in my snowblower, and they don't make
7mm shear pins! But they do make 7mm HSS drill blanks,
and I can attest to the fact that they come hard, and
tough, and don't cost much at all.

Oops. Shear pins are *supposed* to shear when something gets jammed,
rather than break something more expensive. In snowblowers they're
usually just mild steel. A 7 mm bolt might fit.