Help finding replacement lockout bolts (MM)

[Kidney]

I'm almost on my way to having 4wd (thank God) So I stripped my axel for the guy thats going to rebuild my front end. In the process of doing this I found a whole lotta goodies left over from the po. In order for my to get my lockouts out I had to drill out the bolts b/c they where toast. I can only guess the po tried to close that lil gap up but in the process destroyed the bolts. So does any one know where I can find those bolts? Or am I off the the store to attempt to match them up?

Also am I correct in saying that you "DO NOT" put grease in the lockout? When I finally got the lockout off there was grease on everything. It almost looked like the po put a whole thing of grease in the hub and lockout. Not to mention the great job that they did with the small needle bearings.

TIA.....

 

[broncnaz]

Your local auto parts store should have or at least be able to get new bolts. The motormite company sells them they distribute all the goodies on the racks at the parts store in the red packages such as window handles, vaccum caps, bleeder screws ect.
As for putting grease on the lock outs thats a divided issue here. My thought on this is to put a light coat of grease on it just enough to lube it a little and keep it from rusting. definitely dont gob it on. some people suggest using oil or wd40 type lubes. which I'm sure work just as well but why go through the trouble when you've already got grease handy right there. my other thought on using oils to lube the hub is that the oils will tend to run off the part as it heats up where the grease will stick around a lot longer. Not that the hubs get all that hot but they do get warm enough for the oil to run where the grease will stay on.