Thread: U-Bolt sizing for an OME rear leaf set-up

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    Default U-Bolt sizing for an OME rear leaf set-up

    Good evening all, I am in the midst of assembling the required parts to put an OME suspension on my '01 Tacoma TRD OR and the last outstanding parts are a pair of replacement U-bolts for the rear. I'm using a dakar pack without an AAL, I have a stock rear end otherwise, can anyone provide me with some direction on sizing these U-bolts, I don't even know where to start. I can have them made locally at a spring and suspension shop but unfortunately they were not able to provide any direction on sizing either.
    Any help would be much appreciated.

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    ask your local company if they "cut" or "roll" the threads (info clicky). if the threads are cut you may want to just order a set of u-bolts off a reputable online vendor - I've had good experiences with Marlin Crawler for the little bits like this
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    Thanks for the feedback so far guys, I live in Ontario though so, while having a set of U-Bolts shipped up here from the states may solve a lot of my problems, I can't help but feel that I'll ultimately be paying twice the price for them vs just getting them locally. Any specific sizing info would be awesome, ie; length, thread sizing etc...

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    Quote Originally Posted by dabates View Post
    Thanks for the feedback so far guys, I live in Ontario though so, while having a set of U-Bolts shipped up here from the states may solve a lot of my problems, I can't help but feel that I'll ultimately be paying twice the price for them vs just getting them locally. Any specific sizing info would be awesome, ie; length, thread sizing etc...
    In most cases I get my parts from the US as its about 1/2 the price.
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    I just figured that once you factored in shipping and duty on a relatively inexpensive part in the first place, you'd quickly arrive at a price to your door that would be much higher than what I could pay for it locally, maybe I'm wrong, I'll look into it...

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