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Gary Lewis

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I'm looking for one of these bolts. It is a 14x2.0mm and is 90mm long. It is used to hold the the panhard rod on to a 90's D60. Note the raised shoulder near the head.

Anyone have one or know where to get one? I've lost one of mine.

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Dad's: '81 F150 Ranger XLT 4x4: Down for restomod: Full-roller "stroked 351M" w/Trick Flow heads & intake, EEC-V SEFI/E4OD/3.50 gears w/Kevlar clutches
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85lebaront2

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If I have a Chrysler suspension bolt like that, can you use it? I know I have some bigger than 12mm in dia. but don't know the thread or length without checking them.

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Gary Lewis

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Bill - If it is at least that long and the right diameter, with the shoulder, yes I can use it. I won't tell anyone it came from a Chizzler.

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salans7

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Checked my suspension parts bin with leftovers from the F150, but none of the bolts were long enough. I only have one as well, and it's in poor shape. I figure I'll just grab some heavy duty G-8 bolts at a later date.

85lebaront2

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I'll try to look tomorrow if someone will turn of the blast furnace.

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Gary Lewis

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Sorry, Bill. We tried to keep it here but it ran off.

I'll keep on looking as I really should have two of them. I took two out of the fixed-length panhard rod, but one is AWOL.

The problem is that the opening is too big for a 1/2" and not big enough for a 5/8". I wonder if I have any 9/16's?

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Gary Lewis

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salans7 wrote

Checked my suspension parts bin with leftovers from the F150, but none of the bolts were long enough. I only have one as well, and it's in poor shape. I figure I'll just grab some heavy duty G-8 bolts at a later date.

Thanks, Shaun. Let me see if I can get a 9/16" to work. That's .563" and a 14mm should be .551". Perhaps it'll fit and we can both have a solution.

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85lebaront2

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Look in with your 10mm socket.

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Gary Lewis

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Which one? I think I have several that have gone walkabout. Those things seem to have legs.

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ArdWrknTrk

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I just buy 10's at random and always paint them bright colors.

Must have a dozen now, but don't know where they are?!?

Oh that's right, they're all back in Connecticut, with the rest of my tools and parts! 😖

Jim,
Lil'Red is a '87 F250 HD, 4.10's, 1356 4x4, Zf-5, 3G, PMGR, Saginaw PS, desmogged with a Holley 80508 and Performer intake.
Too much other stuff to mention.

Gary Lewis

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Didn't find the 10mm sockets, plural, but did sort the panhard rod bolt issue. Turns out that a 9/16" bolt is essentially perfect for the panhard rod ends. So I ordered a 17-pack of 9/16-12 x 3 1/2" from Amazon for $10.84.

Here are the measurements:

14mm: .490" shank but .540" shoulder & threads
9/16": .560" shank & threads
Frame bracket: .560"
Axle bracket: .570"
Ford rod: .565"
Sky rod: .590"

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85lebaront2

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So I don't need to go into the giant Ez-Bake oven and search through my > 12mm bolts.

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Gary Lewis

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No, you don't. But thanks anyway.

Actually the 9/16" bolts will be a much tighter fit than the 14mm. I have two 9/16 x 4 1/2" bolts and confirmed that they will fit. But they are too long and there's no way I want to cut and thread G8's.

I included the link as I found Amazon's site to be awful when trying to filter and get down to those bolts. I did a Google search for "9/16-12 x 3 1/2" and there they were.

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Machspeed

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Don't you just love that our trucks have a combination of metric and standard hardware? An early attempt to be like the rest of the world...lol!

John

"Blackie" - 1986 F150 4x4 - Mildly warmed over 351W HO - Original owner

Gary Lewis

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Yeah, it drives me bananas.

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