Thanks Dennis, wasn't aware of Belmetric good to know. I have in fact new lower bolts ( no nuts, these screw directly into control arm, very tricky to get bolt started so far ) And I do have the upper hardware/bushings you mention. Van is 24 years old these things have to be tired. Rick On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 11:52 PM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote: > Belmetric.com also has a very selection of P.C. 10.9 hardware with those > fine and extra fine threads for many of our suspension parts. They also > have both nylock and all metal lock nuts in those sizes. Consider getting > the lower shock bolts or at least the nuts as they often corrode or strip > out. Make sure the top shock bumper still has the bushing in it and replace > the top damper, (donut) if needed. > > Dennis > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf > Of Richard Koller > Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2015 5:30 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Bilstein shock tower nuts found > > Thanks again to all who offered good advice for helping me resolve this > issue. Turns out I was a nitwit in the hardware store and didn't double > check the nuts I was using to size the shock tower threads. The said nuts > had been mis-stocked, what I thought were M10 x 1.0 were in fact 1.25 > threads. I shall be more thorough in future ( Ha! ). So I ordered some 10.9 > strength ones from Bolt Depot ( thanks Jeff ) Rick > |
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