Mark's 3" lift spacer.

[Opeth]

Does anyone know if the 2 mounting bolts are replaceable that pass up through the strut mount? It's been quite a while since I installed mine but am planning on replacing a ton of suspension parts shortly, I noticed tonight that they are pretty rusted over and don't even know if I'll be able to get the nuts off. I " think" they were splined/press fitted and will just replace them with stainless since NY spends more in salt than other helpful things.

[Opeth]

Mark got back to me, for anyone who would like to know....

They are a fully threaded high tensile M10 x 40mm coarse Allen socket bolt, thread in from the rear ( spring) side.

[darring70]

That is the thing about winter time, I hate salt too, I just had to replace my transmission cooling line because it was all rusty

[markmc]

Mark got back to me, for anyone who would like to know....

They are a fully threaded high tensile M10 x 40mm coarse Allen socket bolt, thread in from the rear ( spring) side.

The bolts are also locktighted, so you may need heat to remove them..
Just soak them with PB Blaster and you should have no problem getting the nuts off..

[Opeth]

Red or blue lock tite?

[markmc]

Red or blue lock tite?

Red..requires heat..

[Opeth]

Eeek..... Red lock tite and aluminum, so much for an easy task... Lol. Might I suggest a switch to stainless bolts instead of what is currently used Mark?

[navigator]

I was thinking the marine industry doesn't recommend stainless hardware with aluminum boats due to increased corrosion of the aluminum.

after a little digging, it seems to be because of electric fields (water + dis-similar metals) etc which might not have an effect in this situation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galvanic_corrosion

[Opeth]

It wouldn't have an effect in this situation since its not submerged in water, this is why boats have sacrificial anodes on the out drives which are usually aluminum housings. On a boat they are either zinc or magnesium which are more reactive than aluminum. My out drive has stainless steel bolts on the out drive with no ill effects.

[dvanbramer88]

It wouldn't have an effect in this situation since its not submerged in water, this is why boats have sacrificial anodes on the out drives which are usually aluminum housings. On a boat they are either zinc or magnesium which are more reactive than aluminum. My out drive has stainless steel bolts on the out drive with no ill effects.

Same here. Our aluminum boat and aluminum outboard are all stainless hardware. The boat has the sacrificial anode on the stabilizer fin molded into the housing. After 12 years it only has a little rust on it. And the rest of the boat has no corrosion.