Missing 1 Lower Control Arm Bolt

surfninjas

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03 mazda protege 5 automatic
The middle bracket bolts, that goes through the bushing, are missing.

I ordered it from the dealership, waited two weeks, and got the wrong bolts. As it as, 3/4 bolts are in both control arms.
Recommend a site or hardware store? NAPA didnt have anything.
 
I just did my LCA's and used the old bolts. All I can tell you is that its definitely a 17mm head. I'd wager that they're all the same thread diameter and pitch though. You could try just going to a hardware store and buying a high grade bolt.
 
Try a wrecker ...

(bring along the bolts from the other side for comparison)
 
lca_bolt.jpg

I had to get lca bolts from the dealership. I couldn't find them at any local hardware stores. If you are talking about a horizontal bolt, it's the bottom one in the pic.

fyi: upper bolt in pic goes through the bracket into subframe (it's the longer of the 3 subframe bolts)
 
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