mouse
1/2 ton status
MTMike said:Both my friend an I are using Grade 5 studs, nuts & washers from a local nuts & bolts shop, him for years and me for months now, with no issues. I just brought in the stock bolt and told him I needed 2 studs & nuts with this TPI and diameter. It was <$5
The reason I (and most everyone I know) prefer studs over bolts is so that you can take the nuts off without threading in and out of the axle housing. This way you can take the spring on and off without risking damage to the axle housing threads..... you're just unthreading a nut from a stud.
Mike
Mike, I would like a set of the studs. Can you hook me up?