Replace the trapezoidal arm bolts or not?
Alex Kowalski
hypereutectic1 at gmail.com
Tue Mar 14 21:04:24 EST 2006
[No political content, promise! ;) ]
I'm in the middle of dismantling the rear suspension on the '87 5KCSTQ to
replace the trap. arm bushings as part of my complete overhaul of the rear
brakes. I'm taking a lot of pictures of the procedure (heh) and I'll post
them to the web later, but for now I have a simple question:
Should I replace all the bolts and nuts that fasten the trap. arms? The
longest one, that screws into the front of the hub assembly, took a LOT of
elbow-grease to remove because it were Loctited in (as per the Bentley) --
and two threads at the very end of the that bolt on the driver's side look
marginal. Out of about 20 threads the first two have been sligtly
damaged -- almost as though the person who originally installed them did so
at an angle until the bolts straightened out then decided to cooperate.
The bolt shafts themselves look good, and the rest of the hardware is fine
(just a little cleaning needed) but should I re-use the bolts, put them back
in with regular Blue loctite or the fierce, Red stuff -- or replace them?
Can I get them from a regular (good) hardware store, or should I go to the
Dealer.....?
Thanks,
Alex
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