2.3L ('83-'97) 2.3 lima crank (harmonic balancer) bolt replacement

[jesserepp]

Sharing a little research and a solution. I just replaced my head gasket and am reinstalling the timing belt. I did not want to reuse the crank bolt but they seem to be completely unavailable. The harmonic balancer is available but the bolt is not.

After a lot of research I found a mopar knuckle to hub bolt from a ram 3500 is the same bolt with a jis head. Same 14x1 50x55mm at 10.9 hardness. Use the old washer, thread length is the same. Mopar part number is a 5086661AA and the Dorman cross reference is 926-171.

 

[pentode]

Dude comes in with a solution on post 1. Nice.

 

[Shran]

Really appreciate the information! Some of the fasteners in these trucks are very hard to track down and forum posts are often the best source of information!

 

[pentode]

Really appreciate the information! Some of the fasteners in these trucks are very hard to track down and forum posts are often the best source of information!

Yep, 3 or 4 posts about fasteners in the last week alone!