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where can i get the 4 bolts that bolt the sway bar to the frame?

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Old Jul 14, 2009
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where can i get the 4 bolts that bolt the sway bar to the frame?

putting the sway bar back on since im getting ready to sell the truck

where can i find these at? would vatozone carry them??
 
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Old Jul 14, 2009
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Junkyard is more then likely your best bet. Or maybe some place like Fastenal.
 
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never heard of fastenal lol
 
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They are a specialty "fastener" company. Their stores just have buckets of various types of nuts and bolts of all sorts.

Home | Fastenal
 
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dont sell the truck.... problem solved
 
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nope truck needs to go lol
the more i want my trans am (i drove one the other day as well) the more i could care less about getting rid of the truck

when i do buy a truck again, it will likely be a newer taco that actually has some good power to it lol
 
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fsho gtfo out then taco noob
 
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hahaha
 
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I could ship mine to you when I finish taking it off when I get the truck back.
 
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Home depot or Lowe's has a very wide variety of grade 8 bolts in the hardware section
 
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can't get grade 8 in metric.... you can get grade 10.9 which is the metric equivilent of grade 8. lol.


Ty....take off one of your torsion bar cover bolts. The 4 that hold the bar to the frame are the same bolts as the upper torsion bar cover bolts. Match it up at True Value, Ace hardware, Home Depot, Lowes, etc... I find vatozone sucks for just about everything except tacky stick on accessories. I'm leaning towards saying they are M10 x 1.25 x xxmm long.
 
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pepboys has a decent selection of fasteners, i learned the other day that the same bolts i used to secure my hangers after flipping them also work for my foglight brackets lol
 
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Damn Tye, if your sellin it, let me get that console and a few other things man!
 
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Originally Posted by Fx4wannabe01
can't get grade 8 in metric.... you can get grade 10.9 which is the metric equivilent of grade 8. lol.
I didn't even think about them being metric

I ditched my sway bars so long ago, I wouldn't remember what they looked like

But either way, Home depot, lowes, Ace all have any bolt you could need.
 
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Old Jul 15, 2009
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go to ace hardware on lone mountain and decatur. they have 8.8 or 10.8 in metric. and would have the bolt. if you need to borrow the bolt to see which one it is i have them off my truck right now sitting in my garage.

and btw wtf your ditching the truck??? you made a freakin website for 4x4 and now leaving the community???
 
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Originally Posted by Fx4wannabe01
can't get grade 8 in metric.... you can get grade 10.9 which is the metric equivilent of grade 8. lol.


Ty....take off one of your torsion bar cover bolts. The 4 that hold the bar to the frame are the same bolts as the upper torsion bar cover bolts. Match it up at True Value, Ace hardware, Home Depot, Lowes, etc... I find vatozone sucks for just about everything except tacky stick on accessories. I'm leaning towards saying they are M10 x 1.25 x xxmm long.
sweet i'll do that
and i work at lowes, so lowes it is! thanks!
 
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Tyler i currently have mine out, want me to measure them?
 
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nope im good thanks though man

pulled out the bolt shane was talking about and matched it at lowes and got it

but i could use a pic of which way the sway bar goes. i cant remember so idk if i have it upside down or not
 
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mine looks like that. i think its upside down. but i cant find any real good pictures that will answer my quesiton lol

if someone could go out and tell me how theirs is it would help tons
 
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bump anyone?

need to get this done asap lol and i dont want to tighten anything down till i know that i have it the right way or not. im guessing not. but if i do have it right, i dont want to take it back out

its a PITA to maneuver in there because of the skid plate on my bumper haha
 
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Old Jul 21, 2009
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That's how it goes.
 
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googled this image

 
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^^ goes that way. thats what i thought. knew i had it upside down lol
 
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I thought you were talking about the brackets. lol
 
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oh lol

well its back in. and the truck handles like a car again. hahah
 
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