Baby Gate Guru provides a convenient spindle rod replacement set. But what size works best for your brand of baby gate?
One common frustration for baby gate owners is losing the 4 spindle rods that go into the sides of pressure mounted gates. These screws or bolts are loose pieces, so they can be easily misplaced when a gate is in storage or left behind after moving house.
We understand this is a frequent issue for people, so we took it upon ourselves to offer a convenient spindle rod replacement set. Besides being available in multiple colors and sizes to match many different gates, they are also extra long (12cm) to ensure they fit your needs and can even add a couple of extra inches of reach to your gate.
But once you’ve found a replacement solution, the next question becomes what size spindle rod do you need?
What Size Spindle Rod Do I Need For My Gate?
Spindle rods typically come in 2 sizes to fit all the various types of safety gates out there: 8mm and 10mm (also referred to as M8 and M10). Not every gate uses exactly these sizes, but choose the correct size spindle rod and you can fit nearly any gate well enough to work great.
Generally, the spindle rod sizes for the different baby gate brands are as follows:
8MM
Regalo
Summer Infant
Carlson
Top Paw
Evenflo
10MM
Dreambaby
Munchkin
North States (Supergate)
Bindaboo
Safety 1st
Lindam
Baby Dan
If you have a gate from a different brand, let us know in the comments and we can do our best to find out which bolt size works best for it and add it to the list.
You can also measure the holes where the baby gate screws go into to determine the correct size yourself. An M8 screw is really about 6.6mm in diameter, so fits nicely into a 7-8mm hole. Similarly, an M10 screw is really about 8.6mm in diameter, so fits nicely into a 9-10mm hole.
If you are unsure, we suggest ordering 8mm since those will also fit larger holes, and should not move around when fully tightened. The opposite isn’t true–10mm spindle rods will be too big to fit some gates at all.
Looking for pressure mounted baby gate hardware but don’t see your brand of gate listed here? Let us know in the comments and we will do our best to add it to the list.
Do they make 6m pressure mount screws?
Hi Rachel. I haven’t ever seen 6mm pressure mount screws for safety gates before. The smallest I know of that brands use are 8mm for Regalo, Summer Infant, and Carlson.
Frontgate
At the moment I am not sure what size Frontgate uses, but you could go with 8mm to be safe since 8mm will fit in both sizes.
I bought these on Amazon for a Summer Infant gate, I bought the 8MM size based on your guidelines for Summer Infant brand. However, they were too small. Do I need 10MM or is there another size to consider? It is difficult to measure the exact size. Thank you.
Hi Sandra. From my experience using the bronze Summer Infant Multi-Use Deco Extra Tall Gate, 10MM spindle rods are slightly too big. They might fit inside with a lot of extra force applied or the help of a hammer, but it’s not a good fit.
As a result, the 8MM size fits better. Could I ask what you mean by they were too small? Even if it’s not a perfectly snug fit inside the hole, if the 8MM bolt fits inside the hole and you tighten it against the wall using the plastic adjustment wheel, you should end up with a securely fitted gate.
Thank you for your question. Let me know if that answers it sufficiently for you or not.
Do you know what size spindle rods are used on an evenflo baby gate?
Hi Sara, I’ve heard that 8mm is the correct size for Evenflo pressure gates, and 10mm is too large. Thanks for your question!
Is the Brica gate the same as the Munchkin? They look identical and wondering if the parts are interchangeable?
I think Brica may even be a Munchkin brand, so yes I think the correct size for them would be 10mm and I imagine the parts are interchangeable with a lot of Munchkin gates.
Would you know what size Kidco is? Thanks.
A lot of Kidco’s gates are hardware mounted, but I believe their pressure mounted ones are 10mm like Munchkin’s.
Elfe model #373055
The hole measures about 10mm
Hi Jocelyn. It sounds like an M10/10mm spindle rod will fit this Elfe gate then. An M10 spindle rod is really around 8.6mm thick, so if the gate’s hole is around 10mm it should fit nicely.
Hello, I have a Cumbor gate and was wondering what size screws would work for it
The First Years by Learning Curve baby gate.
I have a gate don’t know brand,is it normal that the adjustment spindles just pull out without having to screw them out.
Hi Roy, Yes that is normal that the spindles just slide out. The threaded screw part is just for the nut or “adjustment wheel” to screw on to and tighten against the gate, which pushes the spindle further out against the wall until the gate is secured by the pressure. Ideally you want the diameter of the spindle rod to closely fit the diameter of the gate’s hole (the part that it just slides out from) for the most secure attachment, which is why the spindle rods are sold in 2 sizes.
I have Munchkin auto-close. Somehow I lost one of the plastic insert for put screw in. Do you know where can I get the replacement? I could find in their website. Or is there anyway to use the gate with out plastic insert. I don’t know how to secure the screw with out it.
Do you know why my tension rods will not tighten? I put them in the slot and they just slide in, I don’t have to turn them.
Spindle rods do not screw into pressure mounted gates. They slide in to the gate, and then you screw the nut (adjustment wheel) against the gate until the spindle rod pushes tightly against the wall. Thank you for your question!
Thank you so very much for having this information out there. This helped me out BIG!!
Thank you for this information. I was measuring, trying to figure out what size to get and found this. I appreciate it!
Any idea what size for Flalivi? Thanks!
https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B07VX32728/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glc_fabc_lHr5FbB6DBJH0?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
Cumbor 37 inch gate…came without the spindle rods.