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Old Nov 20, 2015 | 02:59 PM
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Anyone have the P/N for these?

I have searched, but was not able to find the actual part number to order new ones. Apparently I lost 2 of mine somewhere.

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Take a look at items 2 and 6. Are these what you are looking for?


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#6 should be them
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Yep, #6.

Thx for the help!

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#6 should be them
Those are for the engine mount. Are you looking for the cradle nuts?

Btw. whatever you do, do NOT use an impact gun on cradle mounting nuts!! Hand tools ONLY for both removal and installation!!

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Yes, looking for the subframe/engine cradle nuts.

There's 4 in the front and 4 in the rear.

I did find out that #6 in the diagram is in fact for the engine mount to cradle nut.

If anyone can point me to a P/N, that would be awesome!
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Originally Posted by CODE4LS1
Yes, looking for the subframe/engine cradle nuts.

There's 4 in the front and 4 in the rear.

I did find out that #6 in the diagram is in fact for the engine mount to cradle nut.

If anyone can point me to a P/N, that would be awesome!
Give me a few minutes and I'll look around.
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Originally Posted by CODE4LS1
Yes, looking for the subframe/engine cradle nuts.

There's 4 in the front and 4 in the rear.

I did find out that #6 in the diagram is in fact for the engine mount to cradle nut.

If anyone can point me to a P/N, that would be awesome!
Kinda getting mixed results. Looked and looked at various GM dealer websites and getting conflicting information. On top of all that, I simply have not been able to locate a parts diagram for the front suspension/engine cradle (they refer to it as a crossmember) which shows the attaching nuts you're looking for, and can only find a diagram for the rear cradle which DOES show the nuts. To the best of my knowledge, the rear nuts and the front nuts are the same, getting torqued to 80 lb ft in either case.

Here's the conflicting part: one dealer site shows these nuts as "NLA" (no longer available), yet at least 2 other other GM sources I have used many times in the past shows them available and the price is $2.04 ea. and $1.98 ea respectively.

The part number I'm confident of is: 3537773 You'll notice this is the "old" GM part number format of using only 7 digits in the part number instead of the more common present-day 8 digit. The 7 digit numbers were common many years ago and it's possible this is still the original nut part number as used on a wide variety of GM applications for many years, not just Corvettes.

In case you need it, the listed dimensional measurements are: M14x2x11.92 and it's a cad or zinc plated prevailing-torque "shouldered" nut, meaning it has a flange, like a washer, made on to it.
14mm = hex size
2 = pitch
11.92mm = depth (or thickness)

Give that part number a whirl.

HTH
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LonestarFRC is exactly right. I purchased 4 of that part number for my cradle nuts in May of this year. List price was $3.11 at that time and I paid $2.33 from the Chevrolet dealer.
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Great, thanks again for the help!
Ordered online.
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