hi could anyone tell me what the specification of the bolts are to fit rear escort lowering blocks. And is there anything else i need to take into consideration.

any help would be great

Thanks John

You need 4 per side in two different legnths mate. I forget the sizes, and don't have mine here to measure. Try searching, it comes up all of the time.

You may need to modify the nipple on the block too.

L14MNP wrote:You need 4 per side in two different legnths mate. I forget the sizes, and don't have mine here to measure. Try searching, it comes up all of the time.

You may need to modify the nipple on the block too.

I tried serching and couldnt find info.

From memory theyre I think they are 12x10 High Tensile.

No idea on lengths either though.

And im probably wrong.

M12 is the width/thread pitch. The lengths I can't remember but they'll be the standard length+the size of the block, easy really.

They are M10mate not M12. 17mm heads.
Measure standard ones and add the height of your lowering blocks on.
Adam

I reckon this sort of thing should be put in with the "How to lowering" sticky thread as this sort of thing comes up quite often, then it's always to hand.

magnumpi wrote:I reckon this sort of thing should be put in with the "How to lowering" sticky thread as this sort of thing comes up quite often, then it's always to hand.

Agreed.

good idea, a thread with commonly asked questions, lock though so there is only 1 or 2 pages

I think we probably need a topic for the driftorz too as most seem to come on once or twice just for advice which regular members all know offhand anyway (such as the simple engine types in what model question).

ye, a thread with FAQs, simple stuff


whose going to write it ??

why bother? i really don't understand these questions, what's so difficult about:

going outside > put a jack under your car > loosen 2 bolts > measure them > add the lowering height > go to the hardware store and get them > fit the blocks+bolts


if you are able to fit the blocks you are also able to measure the bolts!

volvodspec wrote:why bother? i really don't understand these questions, what's so difficult about:

going outside > put a jack under your car > loosen 2 bolts > measure them > add the lowering height > go to the hardware store and get them > fit the blocks+bolts


if you are able to fit the blocks you are also able to measure the bolts!

yes, this is true

volvodspec wrote:why bother? i really don't understand these questions, what's so difficult about:
going outside > put a jack under your car > loosen 2 bolts > measure them > add the lowering height > go to the hardware store and get them > fit the blocks+bolts
if you are able to fit the blocks you are also able to measure the bolts!

not everyone thinks the Anjo way.

that option really never occured to me.

Truth is anjo, a lot of people are just too damn lazy to go do it themselves. It's what the internet has created. I'm just bored of seeing the same questions up all the time, I'll put together a FAQ in due time.

true and the fact that these questions keep popping up over and over and over again annoys me too, though i must say; i'm quite easaly annoyed , but on V3M everybody's spoiled as f*ck with the technical section where you can download all the info you want! V3C's database is "sligtly" bigger in data but you have to be a paying member before you'll be granted acces, hence we at V3C get a lot of "simple" questions every once in a while and you can still count the number of drifters/tuners etc on 2 hands there! i don't mind answering any question difficult or simple, as 95% of answers are straight from my head and i know i'm not the only one at that area.

funny with V3M is that all the info is free to download and it's more than sufficient to help with nearly every problem imaginable, but still most people don't even take the time to go through the section and that's too bad. i personally only look into the data for specific things, torque settings; fine adjustments etc. everything else; just get to the car, look at it and do it! but then, that's me. i build trucks from a pile of metal and parts to finished product for a living, i practically go to sleep with a wrench instead of a teddybear


oh, nobody has actually bothered to answer the topic question
standard bolts for the joint axle-leafsprings, both sides:
4x M10x40
4x M10x50
8.8 grade.