threaded rod as bolt
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Just to hold the front end together to move it around the property here. Called ford and they said $69 Cad for the bolt, $30 for the nut! No hardware stores had threads that went that far down on the bolt and parts stores said no way. Tried a lot of parts stores too. I know how weak threaded rod can be in this situation just wondering if anyone else tried it. Anyways went to a heavy equipment shop and bought 2 bolts, took it to my local machine shop and they ran a die down for me.
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There is a reason why it's expensive - it shouldn't break. It's a grade eight, heat treated, annealed part. Not your average home depot bolt.
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i am a believer in using ford bolts and nuts when i am doing a repair on my vehicle.
so maybe you saved half on your heavy equip. bolt and die work instead of buying the ford part.
i hope it holds up.
so maybe you saved half on your heavy equip. bolt and die work instead of buying the ford part.
i hope it holds up.
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I'd just go to a junkyard and get the right bolts. What happened to the originals? For moving the truck around your property, just about anything would work, but I wouldn't take it out on the highway. You can get strong threaded rod, but it would be very expensive.
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The threads were corroded and nuts wouldn't spin off. Threads were only good right under nut. Local junkyards are under big changes here and were not much help. The one u-pick yard we have only had 5 f150s (everything being crushed) and all 5 were in the mud. Good times though, thanks guys.
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truckman01: I am curious as how you removed the original bolt? I have some spare complete radius arms with axles attatched that I wanted to strip down to make them easier to store but could not remove the bolt.