I can't find my nuts- EDIT- My nuts have been found!

Mr. Goatman · Post by **Mr. Goatman** » Mon Jun 24, 2013 5:17 am

The ones that hold the sway bar end links to the spring plate bracket. It seems to be a weird size fine thread. Does anyone happen to know what it is?

jsinajeep · Post by **jsinajeep** » Mon Jun 24, 2013 7:26 am

Yep, metric are wierd

Post by **Stuka** » Mon Jun 24, 2013 7:50 am

If its an 80+, they are metric, not standard. Cannot recall the size off the top of my head though.

ClovisMan · Post by **ClovisMan** » Mon Jun 24, 2013 8:53 am

I always check with the wife when I lose mine. She seems to know where everything is. Most of the time they in her oversized hand-bag.

Billyj7175 · Post by **Billyj7175** » Tue Jun 25, 2013 4:15 pm

ClovisMan wrote:I always check with the wife when I lose mine. She seems to know where everything is. Most of the time they in her oversized hand-bag.

Or...hand any small child a whiffle-ball bat, golf club, etc...I guarantee you they'll locate them for you right quick...

But I digress...

X2, on the post 80's metric. Same goes for the power steering pump adjustment bolts, and IIRC, the alternator too.

HowardT64 · Post by **HowardT64** » Tue Jun 25, 2013 6:48 pm

forgive me but each time i see the heading for your post, I cant help
but chuckle

FSJunkie · Post by **FSJunkie** » Tue Jun 25, 2013 9:41 pm

Keep searching, keep searching. You'll find them eventually.

AwesomeJ10 · Post by **AwesomeJ10** » Tue Jun 25, 2013 10:19 pm

Do you have a local ace hardware/lowes/home dept/etc? If so grab some M8 and M10 (and maybe a M12, but I don't think it's that big) fine thread.

One of those will work.

Mr. Goatman · Post by **Mr. Goatman** » Wed Jun 26, 2013 5:20 am

Blake wrote:Do you have a local ace hardware/lowes/home dept/etc? If so grab some M8 and M10 (and maybe a M12, but I don't think it's that big) fine thread.

One of those will work.

Yeah, It's kind of hit and miss as to what they have. I see several thread options in each. I guess I'll buy and try.

AwesomeJ10 · Post by **AwesomeJ10** » Wed Jun 26, 2013 8:41 am

I *think* that *most* hardware stores will pretty much only carry fine thread and coarse thread. I don't remember the numbers for metric though. There might be other thread counts, I dunno.

jaber · Post by **jaber** » Wed Jun 26, 2013 6:52 pm

IIRC Its 1.0 and 1.5 . There is also 1.25, but dont see that very often.

Tad · Post by **Tad** » Thu Jun 27, 2013 1:25 pm

These nuts?

That's a 7/16" lug nut off a GW I stuck on there, perfect fit.
The factory nuts you see in the background have 3 small dents in them (called Prevailing Torque Type Lock Nuts), sort of messes up the threads so they do not back off, but I know I have used a 7/16" die to clean up the threads when I make the sway bar flip plates.
I don't recall the TPI, that die is at work.
If I go to work tomorrow I will try to remember to grab it.

Mr. Goatman · Post by **Mr. Goatman** » Sun Jun 30, 2013 6:55 am

Tad is right, again. 7/16" x 20 TPI is what fits. These were from an 80 Wagoneer.

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