I need to know the size of the nut that attaches under the bottom of the front lower control arms, I wanna hit the store in 20 min and get this back assembled but I dont know what size this is and Ive lost both so I cant compare and everything else is already assembled

Thanks

 

someone elses pic

 

i believe its a 17 mm castle nut

 

I dont really care if its a castle nut or not, Imma put locktits on it anyways, I just need to know what size of nut to look for

M12 / m16 etc etc

 

i just had the same prob.... i have a import ball joint separator. and it worked fin on all but one that was just siezed and would never come out so i just replaced the lca (i had a spare) if you havnt tried this tool yet auto zone will rent for free....

 

wait do you mean that the nut wont come off ? or the shaft out of the hole? sorry

 

12mm x 1.25mm pitch..

 

I'd either get it at the dealer new and pay, or used for free from the local junkyard.

 

Its only $6cdn

part#: 90363-SF1-000
12mm castle nut

honda doesnt give me any specs on it.

 

its not a 12mm.. it's 17mm

 

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part#: 90363-SF1-000
12mm castle nut

honda doesnt give me any specs on it.

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i bought one recently from the honda dealer and they claim its a 12mm but in reality its a 17mm.

 

12mm is the diameter of the THREAD, not the corresponding socket size.

 

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correct, it is a very odd size most places wont have it, i had to special order a die to clean up the threads on mine, and no off the shelf tap kit had that size in it

 

yeah, no kit has the right tap and die for hondas, but we dont need a whole kit anyway. we just need like 5 different theads for the whole dang car. i just found a decent shop that had em. cleaning out the castle nuts and balljoints has saved me a few times already from a lot of extra hassle or needing to replace it with a new one.

those castle nuts really arent meant to be reused. they definately stretch and is the reason why they dont go back on cleanly without rethreading. chase the threads, and its much easier.

 

Grabbed some new ones, $.39 each and I picked up some new radiud rod bolts since mine are looking pretty shitty

M12 X 1.25 for reference

 

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locktits aye? lol

 

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I laughed too, but seriously, its a 17 mm.

The nut has holes on the sides so you can put a safety pin in it too. If you didn't know.

 

since the ?'s been answered I feel no remorse jacking this thread to tell you Mach69, your avatar is the ****** ****!