How to find a replacement car suspension nut
Finding the right replacement part is difficult when you do not know what terms to look up or can only find part numbers for the opposite side of the vehicle. This leaves car owners unsure how to identify and order the exact hardware they need.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
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- 1Buying a replacement part directly from a dealershipDid this help you?
- 2Searching through the hardware selection at a local hardware store like Ace HardwareDid this help you?
- 3Visiting multiple dealershipsDid this help you?
- 4Searching online and downloading diagramsDid this help you?
- 5Looking at pick-your-part junkyardsDid this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“I can only find the part number for the wire harness on the right not the left”source ↗
“i need to get a replacement but I’m not really sure what exactly I should look up to find a replacement. If anyone could help me figure it out that would be awesome!”source ↗
Where this came up
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