I'm going home from college this weekend to work on my 85 4Runner. I'm putting lift shackles on the front springs. I need to know whether or not the bolts separate easily from the factory shackles so I can reuse them with my homemade ones with just the side pieces. If not, does anybody know what diameter and length (as close as possible) the factory bolts are?

 

They do separate, but are not really bolts:
- http://www.4crawler.com/4x4/ForSale/...es.shtml#FAQ15


Size M18, length 120mm lower and 150mm upper:
- http://www.4crawler.com/4x4/ForSale/...es.shtml#FAQ10

 

You are about as helpful as they get 4Crawler. Thanks. In that case I will probably go buy new bolts and nuts later tonight. Is M18 the diameter of the part the bushing rides on? I can drill out my shackles for a bigger bolt if need be, but I will most likely have to go to a standard bolt with a close diameter to the original/bushing I.D.

 

11/16 is a touch too small, 3/4 is a touch too big.

 

use 3/4 and ream out the bushings slightly