I'm trying to find a replacement for a lower ball joint castle nut locally without much luck ('92 1.6L). Autozone and others don't carry much in the way of metric - I think it's a 12 x 1.25mm. I even tried the Acura stealership and they said they could only order it as a complete ball joint assy. Translation - way too much $ for a damn nut.

I found it online at an OEM Acura parts place but with shipping and handling thrown in it was almost 12 bucks! It would be a .79 center if I could find someone who stocks it in town.

Any suggestions??

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Go to your local dealer...you can absolutely just buy the nut, because I have done so at the dealership. If they tell you otherwise, they're full of shit.

 

do you have a dremel? you could just buy a metric nut and grind some slots for the pin to sit in.

 

get the part number, and call the local honda and acura dealers. see if they have them in stock, or check if they can order them. also ask them to check availability in the area.



if i pulled the right one, the part # is 90363-SF1-000

http://www.acuraparts247.com for part #'s.


i had to find an obscure part for my integra, and only one honda dealer in the entire general area had it in stock.

 

I just went to the local hardware store (Ace Hardware to be exact) and bought some castle nuts. Just bring one so you know the size... because I forget.

I can get you the specs, but I don't feel like taking out my tap & die set to figure out what size it is.

 

Yikes!

That nut is a dealer-only part from what I learned in destroying 2 of them. I wouldn't trust the integrity of a hardware store version.

 

Yeah, I'd say the dealer one is the way to go. It is a 12 x 1.25 thread. I'm just going to run a tap through the one I've got. It's completely useable - the end just got a little tweaked when I was ripping apart my front end. It's the type of thing that's so easy to replace with new that I didn't even give it a thought that it would be that hard to get one!