I'm with alisair.  Put a nut on the bolt, cut the bolt off, file/grind
one side flat then drill a hole, back off the nut to straighten up the
threads.

Dan
Los Angeles, CA
'85 Westy Weekender

On May 24, 2011, at 5:49 PM, Alistair Bell wrote:

> Ramblin' Jack...
>
> do I get it right, a bolt with a hole drilled radially at one end?
>
> Jeez, what will they think of next?
>
> :)
>
> cut the bolt and drill a new hole...
>
> alistair
>
>
> On 24-May-11, at 5:09 PM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
>
>> I'm holding in my hand a bolt (holds bolt up to monitor so everyone
>> can
>> see). It is a 5/16-18 carriage head bolt about 1-1/2 inches long. So
>> far, so normal. But at the tip end (not the head end) there is a
>> 3/16''
>> hole drilled crossways, perpendicular to the axis of the bolt. This,
>> for
>> inserting a padlock.
>>
>> I need a shorter version of this bolt. I can't cut off the drilled
>> end
>> because the shorter version also needs a cross-drilled end