Front Shock Bolt Question???

Hydro-idi

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Hey guys hope you got good plans for this weekend!
Anyways I get this annoying rattle from my front end when I am going down a bumpy road. I pinpointed the problem.....my lower shock absorber mount bolts on both sides are pretty much SHOT. They are so worn that the shocks rattle when they are not supposed to. Basically the bolts shrunk in diameter, causing the shocks to rattle due to loose clearances.
I have tried to locate bolts at the ford dealership and LMC trucks without any luck. So........does anyone know where to get them, or does anybody know the specs of those bolts so I can try and locate the correct ones somewhere??? My intention is not to have members spend hours trying to find out this info, because my last resort would be to take it out and go bolt hunting which wouldn't be a big deal. Any help would be awesome
 

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Certainly an option, but the junkyard stuff might be in similar condition. I'm sure a bolt and fastener place would carry it but might just have to take bolt off and head to store.
 

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all mine have a standered grade 8 7/16s bolt in them tryed stainless but they never stayed tight nuts would fall off and then the bolt falls out crappy part of beeing in snow bolts break all the time
 

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all of the bolts that hold my up my front shocks have broken before (once fixed they still hold up to this day) and I headed over to true value or lowes and they've had the bolts I've needed.
 

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