Author Topic: 1969 Front Shock Absorber Mounting J-Nuts  (Read 3054 times)

Edgemontvillage

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1969 Front Shock Absorber Mounting J-Nuts
« on: September 25, 2019, 05:24:53 PM »
I seem to have misplaced the (4) J-Nuts that clip onto the lower control arms and receive the bolts for the front shocks (...and Rich P doesn't have any!). Are these repops exactly the same as the originals or do they differ?

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bertfam

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Re: 1969 Front Shock Absorber Mounting J-Nuts
« Reply #1 on: September 25, 2019, 05:36:05 PM »
Doesn't look like these originals (see pictures below)

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Re: 1969 Front Shock Absorber Mounting J-Nuts
« Reply #2 on: September 25, 2019, 06:23:49 PM »
 Maybe AMK has them?

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Re: 1969 Front Shock Absorber Mounting J-Nuts
« Reply #3 on: September 25, 2019, 06:33:22 PM »
Thanks Ed - as expected, not the same.

Mike: AMK stocks the bolts PN 9420555 (not sure about correctness of the head marking) however the do not show the J-Nuts 391359



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Re: 1969 Front Shock Absorber Mounting J-Nuts
« Reply #4 on: September 25, 2019, 06:39:26 PM »
Don't worry about the head markings since there were multiple vendors supplying hardware to GM at the time. However, those J-Nuts being sold by the various vendors aren't even close to being "correct".

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Re: 1969 Front Shock Absorber Mounting J-Nuts
« Reply #5 on: September 25, 2019, 08:54:39 PM »
Don't worry about the head markings since there were multiple vendors supplying hardware to GM at the time. However, those J-Nuts being sold by the various vendors aren't even close to being "correct".

Ed


Ed, I did notice that the affixed "nut" on the clips in the two photos you posted differ, one is four sided with the corners eased and the other a (conventional) hex nut. Are both of these styles correct for 1969? Vendor differences?

 

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Re: 1969 Front Shock Absorber Mounting J-Nuts
« Reply #6 on: September 25, 2019, 09:20:34 PM »
Yes, different vendors.

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Re: 1969 Front Shock Absorber Mounting J-Nuts
« Reply #7 on: September 27, 2019, 10:42:40 PM »
Located a nice desert-dry set of original J-Nuts and bolts that I can restore. The AMK bolt shown above in Reply #3 isn't typical for this application. I've seen photos of a few examples during the course of my search and in all cases the bolts used are rolled point vs flat tip/point style.


 

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