Bowtierebel
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Hey guys. I've used this forum many times and it's been extremely helpful. I'd like to offer some constructive input for an issue I ran into recently. I'm in the process of doing quite a bit of work on the front suspension of my T4R, which will include replacing the steering rack bushings. I ran into problems being able to remove the center bolt with the top, difficult to access, 19mm nut. The nut is tack welded in place, but it isn't a strong weld which is why it is recommended to use a short socket and breaker bar to hold it while loosening the bolt. The tack weld on mine was sloppy and was so far up the side of the nut that couldn't get a backup tool on it to hold it. I couldn't see well enough to figure out why I couldn't get the socket down on the nut. I was able to get a long wrench up in there from the front side, but still neither tool would go down and hold the nut. I finally tried to use my AirCat 1150 impact on it hoping the quick torque would get it off. Well, you guessed it, all it did was loosen it partially and snap the tack weld so it just free spun in place. After a long time I finally got the nut off and then I was able to see what the problem was all along. Now I needed to figure out how to reinstall the nut and bolt later. I spent a lot of time trying to find this nut, but it isn't shown in parts diagrams since it is tacked to the cross member piece. I figured out that the size and thread pitch is M14x1.5. This seems to be rather uncommon and proved kinda hard to find. I finally found a flanged nut that fits correctly. It is a Dorman- Autograde wheel nut part #611-295.1. Showed to be an M10.9 grade nut too, so it should be plenty strong. It still uses a 19mm wrench/socket. I found it on Amazon for $9.47 w/free shipping. I've read on here that I'm not the first person to run into this problem, so I hope this helps someone else. I checked my local parts stores with no success, but that was before I knew exactly what I needed. Maybe with the Dorman part number, if anyone needs this, they can find it locally.
