Idiot Dealer screwed up

[BjBnet]

My KJ is on Jacks since Thursday because I'm replacing the UCAs and wanted to replace the bolts too but no dealer in town had them so I ordered them. They told me they would come in today. I just called and they told me the bolts are back ordered so I canceled the order.

Can I get some s/s nuts and bolts for that or should they be grade 8 bolts?
Thanks guys

 

[kj924]

What happened to the old ones? Did they break or strip? Why not reuse the old ones if they are in good shape?

 

[BjBnet]

too badly rusted and "deformed"

 

[07kj]

Sounds like they forgot to order them, because I just checked, and there are plenty of the bolts availabe, part # 6507965AA . And I would personally go with grade 8

P.S.
Nuts are part # 6502835 (plenty available also)

 

[BjBnet]

maybe they're all at your end lol

 

[BjBnet]

Just called another dealer and they said the same, no one in town has them.

 

[kj924]

Sounds like they forgot to order them, because I just checked, and there are plenty of the bolts availabe, part # 6507965AA . And I would personally go with grade 8

P.S.
Nuts are part # 6502835 (plenty available also)

Just remember, we live in Canuck central ....things take a lot longer to happen here.

 

[BjBnet]

Home depot doesn't have grade 8, lowe's has them but not metric. I know, because I bought half inch and it's a tinny bit too big.
Most specialty hardware stores are closed Sat and Sun.
These places need to catch up with the real world...needless to say, my Jeep is still on jacks

 

[2003renegade]

if you have ace hardwares check there!

 

[ThunderbirdJunkie]

Fastenal

 

[Boiler]

If half inch is too big, I'd guess it is a 12 mm. That doesn't come in grade 8/5/2, it comes in 10.9,9.whatever, etc. Get 10.9.

Stainless bolts are typically considerably weaker. You can get some mil spec stainless that are still very strong, but 10.9 or grade 8 steel will still be much stronger.

too bad 1/2" doesn't fit, you could get ultra coated / armor coated ones, very corrosion resistant, but unforturnately I've never found them in metric.

 

[tjkj2002]

The UCA bolts are M12's and grade 10.9's,don't use less then a M12 and grade 10.9's.Make sure the nut is a lock nut also.

Also just remember the UCA bolts have a welded piece on them so you do not need a wrench to hold the bolt while tightening the nut,have fun with a regular bolt and nut on the most rearward bolts.

 

[BjBnet]

Also just remember the UCA bolts have a welded piece on them so you do not need a wrench to hold the bolt while tightening the nut,have fun with a regular bolt and nut on the most rearward bolts.

Mine aren't welded. They are pressed on somehow with tiny tabs to keep it from coming off.

I was able to reuse them on the passenger side. Driver's side I replaced with 12mx90 in 10.9. I put lock washer(grade 8) but I'll get lock nuts and add them on too. Thanks for your input everyone. Now I just need an alignment....more money

 

[Porkchop]

Ya know if you would have gotten a set when you got the UCA you would have not needed them. Murphys law says so. Sorry to hear that *****.
Glad you got it back on the road for now.

 

[BjBnet]

Ya know if you would have gotten a set when you got the UCA you would have not needed them. Murphys law says so. Sorry to hear that *****.
Glad you got it back on the road for now.

ya but who would have guessed that one bolt would have been seized and 2 of them rotten? The passenger side came out with a little tap... glad it's done to. Now my wheel are all crooked lol, alignment this week THEN I'm done.

 

[ThunderbirdJunkie]

Stupid question...does nobody wash their engine bay?
When ThunderbirdJunkie did his driver's side arm ~7 months ago it was a cakewalk.

 

[tjkj2002]

Stupid question...does nobody wash their engine bay?
When ThunderbirdJunkie did his driver's side arm ~7 months ago it was a cakewalk.

X2................

Though I've torn apart my KJ so many times I had to get new locknuts for the UCA bolts since they no longer would hold torque.

 

[BjBnet]

Stupid question...does nobody wash their engine bay?
When ThunderbirdJunkie did his driver's side arm ~7 months ago it was a cakewalk.

Wash it all the time. Even wash my wheel wells regularly and diff cover since I painted it last year. Now I have new arms to wash too!!!
Like I said, the passenger.....tap tap...bolts came out and I was able to re-use them.