Honestly, I dug around in my coffee can and found 2 bolts that were
about the right size and tried to use them, discovered that more
"compression" was needed, grabbed longer bolts, and had at it. It took
a bit of fumbling before I realized that the little 2" clamp that I had
on there to get home also made an excellent "hold this togeather while I
stick a bolt in here" part. 2" is likely an exaggeration, but I had to
use a few washers since my choice from the spares bucket was "too long"
or "too short".
I conscripted a victim to help, as I could only fit one arm up from the
bottom and thus had my choice of either hold it togeather or fish the
bolt through. I held from the bottom and had a friend reach over my
tire and fish the bolt through. The hardest part was sawzalling the
other bolt out so I could replace it, the ^@$#^@# kept rotating, so my
sawzall ended up being a coarse file...
DAKSY wrote:
>
> Hey, Barry!
>
> <> I just had the same problem, and I ended up using 5/16 grade 8's IIRC,
> but buy a full thread bolt, that is about 2 " longer than it needs to
> be, and then double nut with a lock washer... you will thank me on
> that... I could prolly go measure if you really need it, but it's just
> more effective to replace the whole bolt, washer, nut and be done with
> it..<>
>
> K. Thanx, bud.
> Don't know if I have a deep socket that'll receive that much length, tho...
> I'd almost given up on the list...& was gonna repost
> It seems that some of the subject matter gets lots of answers, & some
> gets none...
> Most of my inquiries seem to fall into the latter group...
> Didja use the same length bolts on both sides?
>
> Bob (DAKSY) Smith
> DAKSY2K on AIM
> 2K SY Dakota Sport +
> V-6 4 x 4 5 speed
> 2K05 HD 883C YP
>
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> Averill Park, NY
>
>
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