Re: TOY: Shackle bolt sizes

["Erik Bibelheimer" <thebeebs@xxxxxxx>]

> From: Roger Brown <r.c.brown@ieee.org>
> Your rear shackle has M18 through the frame bushing and M14 inside an
> M18 sleeve in the rear spring eye, see picture "C" below:
> 
> 	http://4crawler.cruiserpages.com/4x4/ForSale/Shackles.shtml#Shackles
> 
> The forward bolt is usually M14, it goes through a sleeve in the front
> spring eye.

I think Roger pretty much nailed it as usual.

Front shackle top bolts are 150mm, bottom and both rears (pre-'89) are
120mm.

I found a great source for these tough-to-find bolts after LOTS and LOTS of
searching around:

www.nutty.com

They sell individual bolts for the same price most other places sell them
but you don't have to buy them by the box of 100 to get that price...  Plus
they offer free shipping on orders over $25 and there's no tax either if
you're not in CT.  Great service on the order I received too.  :)

A lot of places want to sell these bolts for like $10 each, but these end
up being around $3-4 which is probably about what you'd pay for a similar
sized grade 8 bolt... (at least at my local Ace Hardware).

- Erik Bibelheimer, Auburn, CA
'86 44Runner, '97 T100
http://home.off-road.com/~bibelheimer