front wheel bearing bolts??

[DOUG EATINGER]

2004 explorer, changing front hub assembly. Broke 2 of the bolts, just so happens there is not one in ne ohio anywhere. 2 dealers both told me cant get till tuesday. So my explorer is on jack stands in front of the garage and cant be moved till tuesday bullsh t. Does anyone have any ideas of where i could round up a couple bolts for this real quick. Still cannot believe one of the most troublesome parts on a explorer and no one has any in stock. WAY TO GO FORD!! Sorry for the rant please help if you can thanks

 

[mr2fix2it]

buy a ford hub it comes with all hardware

 

[DOUG EATINGER]

To late got a timpkin because ford had to order one in.

 

[bookbinder]

I.ve had really good luck with my local ACE hardware for grade 8 automotive bolts in both metric and SAE sizes and thread pitch. Sometimes a little difference in length.

 

[zerodevil]

part number on that timkin?

 

[DOUG EATINGER]

part # on the box is sp470201. Do you know what pitch these are or what I should ask for when I go looking? Thanks

 

[DOUG EATINGER]

Got it done!! Ended up going to local hardware with extensive nut and bolt selection. It turned out to be grade 8- 12mm bolt with 1.75 pitch threads. All I had to do is machine the heads down to 15mm. All done now and I am back to loving my explorer again!! Thanks all!!

 

[sdsc300]

for future reference the bolt kit part number is 1L2Z-1107-AA

the bolt kit includes 3 bolts, cost is about 6$

When I ordered mine I had to pay an extra 12$ for "special order" through silver state ford.

 

[imp]

Grade 8 or Grade 5??

For what it's worth, guys, there has been a running argument going on for years among race-car builders which strength bolt is preferable, if either is strong enough in a given application.

See, Grade 5 will "stretch" just a bit farther after yield point is reached, before tensile failure occurs.

Grade 8 has it's "yield strength" way up there, much closer to tensile strength, so 8s fail more suddenly.

Just a story from an old fart Automotive Engineer. imp