Help me find screws for my TV to wall mount it

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Paulthagerous

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#298556 27-Jun-2022 18:02

Hi all,

I'm about to move into my new (to me) house. It currently has a wall mount for the TV that the vendor is leaving. I've measured it and t has VESA 200mm x 200mm, which is the right size for my TV. But the screws on their existing TV are quite long as it is an older and thicker TV than my one. So I've been trying to find 4 screws for mine and cannot find any. Per my manual, it needs:

Anyone able to point me to somewhere I can buy the screws on their own please, since I don't need the whole mount?

P.S. - if the TV came with them it looks like they have been lost, but I don't think it did..

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#2935006 27-Jun-2022 18:12

Hi mitre10 search for M8 bolts there are plenty of options, you might need to work around the length options, there are a few 16mm, so add a couple of washers and your in

Cyril

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#2935009 27-Jun-2022 18:21

Thanks for that. I had seen those but wasn't sure if M8 meant the same everywhere or not, but good to know!

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#2935010 27-Jun-2022 18:21

Yes got mine from Mitre 10. They don't usually come with them, however if there is a plastic mounting strap to stop it topping over, that may include 1 screw, depending on where it fixes to on the back .

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#2935015 27-Jun-2022 19:05

mattwnz:

Yes got mine from Mitre 10. They don't usually come with them.

every single mount i have brought in the last 5-7 years (about 6) has come with bolts to work with the TV. unless you have a really odd TV with weird mounting ive had zero issues.

Any hardware or fastener shop should have some bolts to work

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#2935018 27-Jun-2022 19:22

Plus 3 for Mitre ten or Bunnings, stock on screws is terrible at out local M10, I am amazed at the different screw lengths by manufacture the Samsung ones are very long compared to the Panasonic of the same size 55 inch tv. I made the mistake of assuming the screws were the same length and Width

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#2935019 27-Jun-2022 19:28

Jase2985:

mattwnz:

Yes got mine from Mitre 10. They don't usually come with them.

every single mount i have brought in the last 5-7 years (about 6) has come with bolts to work with the TV. unless you have a really odd TV with weird mounting ive had zero issues.

The previous owner of my house left the mounting brackets on the wall, but not the screws which they connected it to their TV with, which was annoying. The also took the transformer for the Chorus ONT with them, so figures.

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#2935022 27-Jun-2022 19:52

mattwnz:

The previous owner of my house left the mounting brackets on the wall, but not the screws which they connected it to their TV with, which was annoying. The also took the transformer for the Chorus ONT with them, so figures.

i have a 2L bucket in the garage full of the left over bolts from TV brackets. They come in handy from time to time for various things.

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#2935028 27-Jun-2022 20:38

You may find this recent thread helpful - very similar situation to yours:

https://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=141&topicid=296233&page_no=1#2921144

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#2935076 27-Jun-2022 21:04

cyril7: Hi mitre10 search for M8 bolts there are plenty of options, you might need to work around the length options, there are a few 16mm, so add a couple of washers and your in

Cyril

The dimension C is the length of screw entering the tv, there will be a few mm of bracket so 16mm to start with is probably right.

The pictured screws on the hardware websites are often the same regardless of length eg m10 show a picture of an m8 x ~30mm on a page selling a 4 pack of m8 x 16mm https://www.mitre10.co.nz/shop/hillman-machine-screws-m8-x-16mm-zinc-plated/p/325957?gclid=CjwKCAjwquWVBhBrEiwAt1KmwsHHBbhVChnY90uD1Z1U4wRKD4B_uPF49HvQ2efI-GOXT_Ea8xKJQxoCho0QAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds