Hey guys, going to be replacing my shocks. I bought rancho 5000 series and I have already got the front ones on. A friend of mine helped me do and he suggested that I replace the lower mounting bolts as they are kind of wore. They will work for a while but should replace them soon. Does anyone know where I can get some for bolt front and rear suspension or do you just go to the hardware store and get some general bolts. If so what size?

I have a 1995 F150

 

You can go to an auto part store or hardware store, just make SURE they are automotive strength bolts... an less and they will snap... specially on suspension.

have fun w/ it -- you can do it!

 

Grade 8 bolts should work, if I remember right some have an 8 on the head of the bolt and lines at the 6 points on the head
Make sure you get torque specs right too, the lower bolt is pretty hefty but the tower nut is usually (I think) only like 18 ft lbs, least on my 95 it is
Question on the Rancho set up; are the rear and the front load leveling (springs on the top half)? I can't remember.

 

I guess I'm not sure on the load leveling question, though I'm really not sure what you are talking about.

 

Load leveling shocks look just like stock shocks, except the top half has what looks like a small coil spring over it. Reason for asking, is I've got load leveling shocks on the rear and been considering getting some for the front, just can't remember if Rancho shocks are load leveling or not
Either way, sounds like you're heading into a good setup, never heard a harsh word about Rancho, except for the price, lol.

 

No I guess the ones i bought don't have any extra springs on them. Thanks for the advice

 

You can order Rancho 5000's through Advance Auto and use their coupon codes to knock the price down to around $40 per shock.

 

Truth ^ I work at advance for a side job and trust me it's always better to buy online because 85% of the time it's cheaper and your picking your own parts. Trust me there are a lot of idiots at parts stores that don't know anything, I work with some of them :bummer:

*there's no replacement for displacement*

 

Does anyone happen to know the size of such bolts. I'm going to get some at the hardware store hopefully before sunday, so I can get this finished up this weekend.

I went to the Ford Dealership, and the parts guy there was awesome(being sarcastic) he spent 5 minutes fiddling around and then said it was going to be hard to find. I asked him if he could at least tell me the size so I could get them at the hardware store. He proceeded to tell me that whenever he changed shocks at the offroad place he used to work at, he never changed them and if he ever broke one off and absolutely had to replace, he just grabbed from a coffee can of old junk bolts.

 

When I ran into a similar issue, the dealer here printed out a diagram from their system with the bolt type listed on it. Unfortunately I'm pretty sure I no longer have it. What you can do is take a shock into the hardware store with you and use it to size the bolt you need. It's probably obvious but make sure you get good stainless bolts.