Bolt Needed

[Gary Lewis]

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.  

[85lebaront2]

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.

[Gary Lewis]

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.  

[salans7]

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]

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

[Gary Lewis]

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?

[Gary Lewis]

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.

[85lebaront2]

Look in with your 10mm socket.

[Gary Lewis]

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

[ArdWrknTrk]

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!   😖

[Gary Lewis]

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"

[85lebaront2]

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

[Gary Lewis]

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.  

[Machspeed]

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!

[Gary Lewis]

Yeah, it drives me bananas.