axle beam stud?/balljoint stud?/coilspring stud?

[henryj10]

In my 96 2wd I'm trying to find out, first of all the correct name for the stud that needs to be lengthened when doing the f150 coil seat swap, so that I might find the part.

Are axle beam stud?/balljoint stud?/coilspring stud? terms used to describe the stud i'm thinking of?

Secondly i was wondering if anyone knew what the demensions are of the stock stud?

Thanks
Jason

 

[Slim]

It's actually a bolt that is replaced. If you look under the beam, where the radius arm connects to it, there is a big hex-shaped bolt head. That's the head of the bolt that runs through the beam and radius arm. The bolt has two nuts on it - one secures the radius arm to the beam, which you can not see because it is under the spring seat, and the other secures the spring retainer plate, which you can easily see inside the spring.

I don't know what size it is for sure, but from what i've read it's either 5/8" or 16mm. They are pretty close in size, but not in thread pitch (threads per inch), so be sure you get the correct one before you really start to give yourself problems.


EDIT - here's a pic of the exploded view of a 2wd front suspension from here on TRS's own Tech Articles section. You can easily see it in there. What is shown is for early trucks, but the later one's are similar.