Ext cab door striker bolt size??

[tukn20s]

What is the bolt size for the ext cab door striker? I looked all over the internet can't find the size.. They get rusted out along with the striker.. I ordered 2 new black strikers but need the 2 bolts that go in them.. I know they are torx bolts but what are the measurements.. Want to get them out before I have to heat them up, rust is setting in and want to get new before to late..

 

[Uncle Gump]

Have you tried LMC?

Im unsure of the size.

 

[tukn20s]

Can't find it on there either

 

[Brain75]

try using these terms (I couldn't find such an animal for 2001, but did for 2002+ which I find stupid since they are the same).... "striker screw" (ford called it a screw for the ranger), or "striker bolt" (ford called it a bolt for the F series Econoline,etc).
I spent the last 20 minutes on fordpartscatalog.com and didn't get the exact right one, but the 2002 is $2.04 for a set of 4 at the stealership.

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www.fordpartscatalog.com

 

[tukn20s]

See that on there.. They still don't list the size of the bolt.. It's like the biggest mystery in the world.. Every diagram I have seen show the striker plate but never a bolt to go in it.. Other trucks have the striker plate and a bolt u can look up.. The Rangers never list the bolt on there diagrams.. I wanted to buy stainless bolts to put in so won't have to worry about them rusting out again..

 

[Brain75]

yeah the whole reason I was hunting for the ford part number is so that with the part number I could find the specs by hunting down the part based on number... I have a thread gauge set in both SAE and metric, so could measure it with calipers and a TPI gauge and give you a size in 30 seconds after you pull it but I don't think you are gonna get it without visiting a dealer or pulling the one you have.

Ford Really liked using M6 all over (6mm shaft uses an 8mm socket if it was hex head), I didn't pull the one of the '07 in the stable but I bet it is a M6 just from looking at it.

 

[jayE]

You're probably done by now but when I bought my door stricker from partsgeek it came with the two bolts. The manufacturer was "Replacement". I had to heat up the old bolts to remove them but they came out easily. That worked much better than Deep Creep.