[Mk2] [Generic] What thread are on the droplinks?

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Steve Horrocks
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[Mk2] [Generic] What thread are on the droplinks?

Post by Steve Horrocks »

As title really, I've lost a nut off my droplinks and don't have a spare lying around anywhere! Are they M8 fine?
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Re: [Mk2] [Generic] What thread are on the droplinks?

Post by Century Motorsport »

At a guess i'd go with 10x1.25 :)
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Re: [Mk2] [Generic] What thread are on the droplinks?

Post by Si_Crewe »

Be warned that not all drop-links have the same threads.

I bought a set of 4 and found that the nuts off the front wouldn't fit on the rear DLs.

Course, I only discovered this after trying to tighten the nut onto the DL.
I managed to salvage the thread on the DL by recutting it and I needed an M10 x 1.5 die.

Like I say though, the nut off another DL wouldn't go on it so some might have M10 x 1.25 threads.
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Re: [Mk2] [Generic] What thread are on the droplinks?

Post by Century Motorsport »

Si_Crewe wrote:Be warned that not all drop-links have the same threads.

I bought a set of 4 and found that the nuts off the front wouldn't fit on the rear DLs.

Course, I only discovered this after trying to tighten the nut onto the DL.
I managed to salvage the thread on the DL by recutting it and I needed an M10 x 1.5 die.

Like I say though, the nut off another DL wouldn't go on it so some might have M10 x 1.25 threads.


All std toyota drop link are the same 10x1.25 thread .. if you get an aftermarket english drop link its likely to be 10x1.5 ... for some reason the japs like the finer pitch stuff and we dont!
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Re: [Mk2] [Generic] What thread are on the droplinks?

Post by Steve Horrocks »

Top work Nath, forgot to say cheers!
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