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Good day,

Perhaps one of you have had the same quest in the past and can offer
guidance... I am looking for the castellated nuts for the lower and upper
balljoints on a 1993 Acura Integra. I have searched high and low and can
only find them included as part of the BJ kits. I don¹t want to go to the
dealer because they want something like $8-$12 each which is unacceptable
for me.

Please see the link below for the example of the lower nut I am looking
for:

http://info.rockauto.com/BeckArnley/...ml?1013789.jpg


Here¹s the upper nut I am after²

http://info.rockauto.com/Spicer/Deta...chassis.com/im
g/pics.cgi?partno=615-3001,style=P01,brand=6180

Anyone??

Thanks,
Andrew.

On Sun, 10 Jun 2007 07:59:34 -0400, AWN <anixon1@cogeco.ca> wrote:

>Good day,
>
> Perhaps one of you have had the same quest in the past and can offer
>guidance... I am looking for the castellated nuts for the lower and upper

McMaster-Carr is THE place for just about anything machine shop
related:

http://www.mcmaster.com/

Search for 'castle nuts'

They have a range of sizes, materials, grades and finishes.
--
Dan.

That's exaclty what I needed. Thanks very much!
Andrew.

> McMaster-Carr is THE place for just about anything machine shop
> related:
>
> http://www.mcmaster.com/
>
> Search for 'castle nuts'
>
> They have a range of sizes, materials, grades and finishes.

On Sun, 10 Jun 2007 07:59:34 -0400, AWN <anixon1@cogeco.ca> wrote:

>Good day,
>
> Perhaps one of you have had the same quest in the past and can offer
>guidance... I am looking for the castellated nuts for the lower and upper
>balljoints on a 1993 Acura Integra.
>snipped<

Why are you replacing the nuts? Because they look old and nasty?

Is it just me or is it impossible to get castle nuts anywhere other than the
dealer?? 93 Integra"AWN" <anixon1@cogeco.ca> wrote in message
news:C2915FE5.176C7%anixon1@cogeco.ca...
Good day,

Perhaps one of you have had the same quest in the past and can offer
guidance... I am looking for the castellated nuts for the lower and upper
balljoints on a 1993 Acura Integra. I have searched high and low and can
only find them included as part of the BJ kits. I don't want to go to the
dealer because they want something like $8-$12 each which is unacceptable
for me.

Please see the link below for the example of the lower nut I am looking
for:

http://info.rockauto.com/BeckArnley/...ml?1013789.jpg


Here's the upper nut I am after"

http://info.rockauto.com/Spicer/Deta...P01,brand=6180

Anyone??

Thanks,
Andrew.

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The last time I damaged a castle nut and had to replace it, I found it in
the metric hardware at Ace hardware.

Mike

Dan Timberlake <djtcz@comcast.net> wrote in
news:k8cq639blteogc3s8k3hb41r0oomsf7vs5@4ax.com:

> On Sun, 10 Jun 2007 07:59:34 -0400, AWN <anixon1@cogeco.ca> wrote:
>
>>Good day,
>>
>> Perhaps one of you have had the same quest in the past and can
>> offer
>>guidance... I am looking for the castellated nuts for the lower and
>>upper balljoints on a 1993 Acura Integra.
>>snipped<
>
> Why are you replacing the nuts? Because they look old and nasty?
>


He probably rounded them off.

--
Tegger

The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ
www.tegger.com/hondafaq/

I'm embarassed to tell you that one was lost and one was damaged. I'm
usually much more carefull but recently Murphy and his damn laws have been
getting the best of me. I have the front end fully rebuilt, torqued to
spec, and running fine but...

One of the castle nuts is broken on the top and the other is stripped but
was rethreaded. I figured while I am in there, I would satisfy my piece of
mind and replace all of them (as well as keep extras on hand for future
repairs).

Thanks.
Andrew.




in article k8cq639blteogc3s8k3hb41r0oomsf7vs5@4ax.com, Dan Timberlake at
djtcz@comcast.net wrote on 6/11/07 7:26 AM:

> Why are you replacing the nuts? Because they look old and nasty?

Close... I was lazy and here I am.
Thanks.
Andrew.


in article Xns994C59E9EC0C5tegger@207.14.116.130, Tegger at
tegger@tegger.c0m wrote on 6/11/07 8:51 AM:

> He probably rounded them off.
>
> --
> Tegger

Fastenal, McMaster-Carr and Grainger are all companies which offer that
sort of hardware. These days they are happy to take business from
individuals, and one of more of them may have a retail office near you.
Also, look in your yellow pages for fasteners, industrial. Most
places have shops that carry this sort of thing. Sometimes you will get
lucky at a hardware store, but often not when looking for metric stuff.