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Old Apr 9, 2013 | 06:53 PM
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Default 88' xj rear shocks bolt size?

So when I bought my Cherokee the teenage kid pulled the shocks out from the rear end because God knows why. I still have the shocks I just need to get new bolts to mount em, anyone know what size the bolts are that mount em to the body? Thanks
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Old Apr 9, 2013 | 08:30 PM
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Should be M8-1.25x30m/m.

Torque specs should be on my site (www.kelleyswip.com/tech.html,) and if you use never-seez you want to reduce the installation torque by half (Pulling threads out of nutserts makes the job far more of a pain than it really needs to be!)
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Old Apr 12, 2013 | 03:31 AM
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Originally Posted by 5-90
Should be M8-1.25x30m/m.

Torque specs should be on my site (www.kelleyswip.com/tech.html,) and if you use never-seez you want to reduce the installation torque by half (Pulling threads out of nutserts makes the job far more of a pain than it really needs to be!)
Do you know what size the nuts are for securing it to the axle?
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Old Apr 15, 2013 | 05:10 AM
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Originally Posted by 5-90
Should be M8-1.25x30m/m.

Torque specs should be on my site (www.kelleyswip.com/tech.html,) and if you use never-seez you want to reduce the installation torque by half (Pulling threads out of nutserts makes the job far more of a pain than it really needs to be!)
Do you know what size the nuts are that secure em to the axle?
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Old Apr 16, 2013 | 02:44 AM
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Do you know what size the nuts are that secure em to the axle?
M8-1.25 or 5/16"-18 - could go either way. Get both, and if you can't turn one size on all the way down with light finger pressure, swap for the other. M8-1.25 and 5/16"-18 are actually very close - often confused for each other in size (8mm and 5/16" are within a few thousandths of each other, as are 1.25mm and 1/18". However, that few thousandths will stop the nut from readily & easily turning onto clean threads more than about 3/4-turn - if it stops and you can't turn it easily, you've got the wrong nut (ISO onto SAE thread, or SAE onto ISO thread.)

This has tripped me up more than I'd care to admit overt he least 25 years or so - when I started working on vehicles where ISO fasteners were common!
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