Curtis -
I don't know about the bolt size for the frame mounts, but I can tell you
that Stainless Steel is NOT the strongest type of bolt, and probably wrong
for the application. I'm sure some of the racer types could state for
certain, but I think you'd want to use Grade 8 bolts.
Chris Kotting
ckotting@iwaynet.net
On Thursday, September 24, 1998 12:48 PM, Curtis Carlson
[SMTP:carlson@navtech.com] wrote:
> Hi there listers:
>
> I received my new sway bar in the mail yesterday but it didn't contain
> the bolts which mount the bar to the frame via the squarish buffer
> brackets.
>
> Does anyone know the bolt size for these 4 bolts? I suspect they are
> 9/16" fine or something close, but haven't had any luck determining the
> exact bolt size.
>
> Also, for mounting the brackets to the A-Arms, I wanted to get the
> strongest bolts available, so I bought stainless steel
> bolts/washers/nuts for this. Do you all think that this will work okay
> and do I have to worry about any electrolytic action between the
> stainless steel bolts and the regular steel of the A-Arms and the sway
> bar mounting braket?
>
> Regards,
>
> Curt
>
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