I had a diff drop installed when I had my coils and shocks installed. The shop that did it did not give me the original bolts back. Now I would like to remove the diff drop, but the bolts w/ the spacer are too long. Is it possible to get replacement nuts/bolts from home depot? Would they be good enough, or do I have to get them from toyota (who doesn't have them in stock, so they would need to be ordered)? If home depot hardware is fine, then what size would I need as far as thread size, length, diameter?

This is for a 99 v6 4Runner 4x4.

Thanks!

 

this might help you

http://www.4crawler.com/4x4/ForSale/DiffDrop.shtml

im pretty sure you can get them at home depot. However, they might be out of them. Ive been trying to get new hardware(grade 8) for my rear sway bar for about 2 weeks. They said they've been out and shipments on order.

 

my local ace hardware had metric bolts in stock, they are slightly less than SAE Grade 5 rated... I have used them in several critical parts and none show any signs of stress or otherwise

 

I'll check later what that means. If anyone knows off the top of their head then feel free to reply.

Thanks

 

"Remove factory M14x180 bolts and nuts, supporting the front differential"

That means they are metric bolts, 14 mm diameter and 180 mm long

 

Thanks!

 

180mm long? thats huge! also what thread pitch is that? 14mm is pretty big, so im guessing 1.25 or 1.5