Go to the dealer, and ask to speak with a tech that works on suspensions.
Ask nicely what his favorite beer is and be willing to trade a 6pack for the
nut. A lot quicker than trying to track a new one down.
My local techs have all sorts of spare hardware in their tool boxes.
TonyC
-----Original Message-----
From: Pindell, Timothy <TPindell@otterbein.edu>
To: 'dml@dakota-truck.net' <dml@dakota-truck.net>
Date: Wednesday, July 14, 2004 12:05 PM
Subject: DML: I can't find my nuts...
>
>Ball joint nuts that is. I'm replacing the springs on my '89. I replaced
one
>ball joint that was a little loose and I beat up the nut on the other side
>severely during removal to the point that it's unusable. The misc. hardware
>kit that came with the new joint was wrong, but I only discovered that
after
>I pressed in the joint. I figured that they are just regular nuts that I
>could get in any decent hardware store. Nope. I think they are 18mm which
>is fine, but my thread guage says that its 1.5 thread pitch. That's
>non-standard. I went to a local fastener warehouse and they were baffled.
>Do I need to buy 2 balljoints just to get the stupid nuts? Would a dealer
>have these? I'm thinking 'boneyard' now, but I'd rather have new hardware.
>
>Glad to have a backup Dak for times like these.
>
>Tim
>
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