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Tech Area => General Buick Tech => Topic started by: Scoobum on September 18 2015, 11:45:59 PM

Title: Rear Lower Shock Nut Size?
Post by: Scoobum on September 18 2015, 11:45:59 PM

Anyone? Don't ask why I need one. :)

Title: Re: Rear Lower Shock Nut Size?
Post by: Scoobum on September 19 2015, 08:41:57 AM

Micrometer tells me it's a half inch. Looks like a fine thread. Metric or standard?

Title: Re: Rear Lower Shock Nut Size?
Post by: Scoobum on September 19 2015, 11:22:20 AM

Problem solved. Went out and bought a cheapass China shock...with all the new hardware included.

Title: Re: Rear Lower Shock Nut Size?
Post by: shmed on September 19 2015, 05:01:51 PM

what did it turn out to be?
metric fine thread?
An of course  Why do you need to know?

Title: Re: Rear Lower Shock Nut Size?
Post by: Steve Wood on September 19 2015, 05:12:53 PM

damn, I had that problem on the bilsteins I put on the back of my truck.  One disappeared and has never shown up.  It was metric.

Title: Re: Rear Lower Shock Nut Size?
Post by: Scoobum on September 19 2015, 06:30:49 PM

Quote from: shmed on September 19 2015, 05:01:51 PM

what did it turn out to be?
metric fine thread?
An of course  Why do you need to know?

I launched the car...and it corkscrewed itself. Unloaded the one tire so quick...that the shift light went off damn near instantly. I torqued that nut on myself when I installed the QA1 rear adjustables last year. How in the blue hell it worked itself loose is beyond me. Car ran nails again last nite after I thrashed on it. Hot humid nite...soaked in sweat when I got done.