George...

[69gmcc10]

So I went to a local shop to purchase some long u bolts for drop blocks and when I told the guys what I wanted they told me that I was wrong and that in his 30 years he had never had a gm truck that used a ¾ inch U bolt or one that was 3 ½ inches wide. He didn’t even ask me if I was sure, he just told me that he would make them, they are non refundable and that I could use them for horse shoes when they didn’t work. So to be on the safe side I went back to the house and brought what I had left of the bolt (a 5” section) to him and the lower shock bracket and told him I needed a bolt this size to go through these holes and I needed it 10” long. Guess what I walked out with, a ¾ inch U bolt that is 3 ½ inches wide and is 10” long. Looking at these things I understand why he had his doubts, they are huge, but he dint need to make me feel stupid. Guess I learned my lesson, if I have parts, or parts of parts, to take them with me when I buy replacement stuff, even if you know what you want, just to prove the jack wagon across the counter that he doesn’t know everything!