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Stainless steel products by MB Developments

Coming from an engineering background, Mark has always tried to push the use of stainless steel fasteners and other items on scooters.
They are normally a few pence more than standard fasteners and parts but have the advantage of staying shiny and not seizing up with rust.
They can be used again and again.
Stainless steel polishes up nicely to a chrome like finish which keeps its looks with little maintenance.

There is nothing worse than seeing a well done scooter, into which a lot of thought has gone, with rusty original fasteners and parts being used for the sake of originality or through laziness.

Using many suppliers, we have endeavoured to source most Lambretta fasteners in stainless steel.
Where a fastener or part can't be found in stainless steel we have had them made in stainless steel.
We offer many different kits of stainless steel fasteners for doing different sections of Lambrettas, these make it easy to reassemble your scooter and almost turn it into an adult version of Meccano - all the parts are there you just need to put it all together!
MB Developments stock over 55,000 stainless steel metric nuts, bolts and washers (fasteners) that replace the originals on Vespas and Lambrettas.

A word from Mark:-
"Since the early 1980's I have been using stainless steel fasteners when rebuilding my own and customers scooters. It started as a little detail to finish them off nicely. I tried chrome plated screws only to find they would chip and rust, I tried zinc and cadmium plating but again they rusted, stainless steel didn't! From the beginning of MB Developments I have tried to introduce stainless steel to the scootering world, it has been like flogging a dead horse! I have never understood why for years it never took off, but my in my beliefs we stuck with it and gradually introduced stainless to our regular customers. As time has gone on more and more products have been made in stainless steel and so the interest has grown. We are the only scooter dealer specialising in a large variety of stainless steel products. It has come to a point where stainless is becoming a standard item when restoring scooters."

This page will end up being an illustrated list of all the stainless steel items we offer.
We are constantly thinking of new things to make in Stainless and these new products are promoted in the Scooter press.
You could always keep coming back to this page to see what we have come up with since you were last here as we are constantly coming up with new stainless steel products.

These are some of our more recent stainless items. Click on a picture to see a large version.

 

Part number Description
MRB0371
MRB0333
Tank strap trunnions
Petrol tank straps, Series 3
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MBFDN12 Front hub spindle dome nuts (12 x 1.5mm) t_Dsc00492.jpg - 4075 Bytes
MRB0012 Front spindle locating washers t_Dsc00493.jpg - 4204 Bytes
MBL0576 Front hub disc outer top hat bush t_Dsc00494.jpg - 3331 Bytes
MBFHN12X1.5 Front hub spindle half nut (12 x 1.5mm) t_Dsc00495.jpg - 4237 Bytes
MRB0029 Fork link bolt and nut t_Dsc00496.jpg - 4143 Bytes
MBFHN12X1.25 Fork link bolt half nut (12 x 1.25) t_Dsc00497.jpg - 4747 Bytes
MRB0182 Fork link caps t_Dsc00498.jpg - 3327 Bytes
MRB0181 Fork link bushes t_Dsc00499.jpg - 2896 Bytes
MRB0306 Fork cable clip t_Dsc00500.jpg - 3701 Bytes
MRB0186 Rear frame grill bracket t_Dsc00501.jpg - 5071 Bytes
MRB0187 Side panel clips Li-Sx type t_Dsc00502.jpg - 3088 Bytes
MRB0169 Gear pivot base
MRB0159 Gear linkage tie bar t_Dsc00503.jpg - 3341 Bytes
MRB0140 Cable adjuster screws and nuts t_Dsc00504.jpg - 4351 Bytes
MRB0012 Rear brake pedal washer t_Dsc00493.jpg - 4204 Bytes
MRB0009 Rear brake cable top hat bushes t_Dsc00505.jpg - 4051 Bytes
MRB0258 Mag housing sealing plates t_Dsc00506.jpg - 3401 Bytes
MBFDN16 Rear hub 16mm dome nut, also fits engine bar and rear shocker mount t_Dsc00507.jpg - 4098 Bytes
MRB0166 Rear hub lock washer t_Dsc00508.jpg - 4385 Bytes
MRB0278 Kickstart outer washer 1mm t_Dsc00509.jpg - 3661 Bytes
MRB0279 Kickstart outer washer 1.5mm t_Dsc00510.jpg - 4048 Bytes

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