duster rear shock bolts

I pulled the shock bolts off the old shocks to clean up and install new shocks yesterday. These are not just a regular bolt,and the threads were a litttle messed up,so I decided to replace them. No luck finding them. I used a thread chaser to clean up the threads,worked great. Now the nut on the shock side is trashed,apears to be of a softer alloy. Where can I get these? Or,where can I order complete new bolts? No luck at the part stores,rockauto,just suspension,fastener shop. What does everyone else do, I'm not the only one who replaces shocks. thanks for any help! John

Maybe Year One or another restoration supply house has shock hardware.

No luck at yearone. I did see a shock hardware kit that was a couple regular bolts,nuts and the convex washers for another aplication for a mere $73! They sure like makin' money.

did you try MoPar? i'm sure they have what you need.

mopar has discontinued the parts.

why wont a regular bolt work?

It's basically a 6" stud with a big stop in the middle(looks like a big washer but is machined as part of stud). One side goes through the trunk floor and the other is the shock side.

Junkyard

2071714 stud - www.bradsnosparts.com shows to have 4 of them. Sorry, nobody shows the nuts 152371. This was referenced to the 72 model year. Have Brads double check the numbers for you to make sure they are correct for your year.Mike

Brads has the correct stud but no nuts. I would just use a nut and shock washer from the parts store but half of the shock bushing rides on the nut. What does everyone else use?

Post a pic of the old nut. Someone may have some laying around. Mike

Is it a kind of shouldered nut? Maybe McMaster-Carr has something like it.

Yes it is,if I uderstand you correctly. I tried fastenal (my neighbor) no dice. Will keep looking.

I am going down to my shop Saturday. I can dig through the pile of stuff from my Duster and see if we kept the shock mounts when we put the ladder bar/coilovers in. PM me if you want them so I don't forget.

These are replacements for one's in the shock plates - would they work?

They dont look long enough, but I certainly apreciate your effort. They need to be about 6" long.

too bad MoPar discontinued them. . could be worse tho, my duster came with some sort of "shock extension",
the purpose of which i have zero clue.

Is there legitimate demand out there in "A-Body land" for this piece? I believe I may even have one or two NOS pieces, and thus could have one of my subcontractors reproduce this based on a pristine sample.

I will now say "Let the people speak"

Bill Rolik

Sorry, but the NOS pieces would not be for sale.

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too bad MoPar discontinued them. . could be worse tho, my duster came with some sort of "shock extension",
the purpose of which i have zero clue.

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The shock extensions are used for racing so the car will get added lift. Mike