Mystery Bolt

[sandog]

I found this under where I park my truck last year. While I was at the dealer for something else, I happened to see a tech standing next to the service advisor, so I showed him the bolt and asked him if he knew where it was from. He said he didn't have a clue.

Of course the two rude & smartass service advisors had to chime in, two guys that I don't think have turned a wrench in their life, and don't own Rangers either.
They said, "it had to be from another vehicle". I told them it was found in my carport under the driver door of my Ranger, and that no other vehicles have parked there in 5 years but mine.

Any ideas where this bolt belongs ? It is about 1 1/8" long, and has a sliding cylinder in the middle with tapered cones that fit inside the cylinder when tightened.

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[Radioman]

I found this under where I park my truck last year. While I was at the dealer for something else, I happened to see a tech standing next to the service advisor, so I showed him the bolt and asked him if he knew where it was from. He said he didn't have a clue.

Of course the two rude & smartass service advisors had to chime in, two guys that I don't think have turned a wrench in their life, and don't own Rangers either.
They said, "it had to be from another vehicle". I told them it was found in my carport under the driver door of my Ranger, and that no other vehicles have parked there in 5 years but mine.

Any ideas where this bolt belongs ? It is about 1 1/8" long, and has a sliding cylinder in the middle with tapered cones that fit inside the cylinder when tightened.

?‍ I can't help you on this... Sorry

 

[RedDakooter05]

Could have fell from another vehicle or something that passed by.

I don't believe its from a ranger. Kinda looks like a drain plug of some kind cause of that hole, or its for a pull pin.



No idea..

 

[sandog]

It was lying just inside the frame, on the ground where nothing was before.
No one else has ever parked there since I bought the place, so I'm sure it's not from another vehicle.
And too far from the street to have been thrown from a car passing by.

After I found the bolt last year, I crawled under and concentrated my search inside the frame where the driver door is, to no avail.
It does look similar to some of the bolts above the coil spring.

 

[Bsthroop]

Doesn't look like it came from the Ranger, honestly looks more like it came off an airplane.

 

[sandog]

I'll chalk it up to a passing plane that was shedding fasteners, I guess. ???

 

[Grumpaw]

I'll chalk it up to a passing plane that was shedding fasteners, I guess. ???

Check with Boeing.....seems a lot of stuff has been falling from their planes recently.....

But, wondering if, with that sliding/rotating spacer, if it may be related to the brake system....caliper...ect.....
Do you have some type of lawn equipment.....looks like something that would carry a rotating part, like a wheel/blade that would ride on the spacer ?

 

[rydfree]

I found this under where I park my truck last year. While I was at the dealer for something else, I happened to see a tech standing next to the service advisor, so I showed him the bolt and asked him if he knew where it was from. He said he didn't have a clue.

Of course the two rude & smartass service advisors had to chime in, two guys that I don't think have turned a wrench in their life, and don't own Rangers either.
They said, "it had to be from another vehicle". I told them it was found in my carport under the driver door of my Ranger, and that no other vehicles have parked there in 5 years but mine.

Any ideas where this bolt belongs ? It is about 1 1/8" long, and has a sliding cylinder in the middle with tapered cones that fit inside the cylinder when tightened.

Looks like an unused expansion/blind nut bolt. I've actually seen those attaching the window mechanism/tracks in the doors on some vehicles. The hole in the threads is kind of odd though. Either way it looks like an extra that was dropped and unused during assembly.

 

[airline tech]

Is there a Part Number on the head of the bolt? AN -????

It looks like a hinge bolt to a door, and it pivots on the bushing (sleeve)
The markings on the bushing clearly show it sits in a hinged bracket.
The darkened part (corrosion) rides in the door side of the hinge, the clean part (sides) ride in the door frame side of the hinge (the rotating open / close keeps in clean)

Ironically due to the drilled hole (cotter pin) it actually does appear to be from a service door access panel to an aircraft.

Service Door - being Lavatory, Water Etc.
It is common if a door latch is broken, to just remove the door and defer it until a new latch can be installed.

I know someone will ask, due to recent events.
These are not pressurized doors.

 

[Grumpaw]

It really reminds me of the type of bolt/washer that holds the small guide wheels on the deck of a small lawn tractor. Also the type that holds a free spinning guide pully on the top of a lawn tractor mower deck....the kind that holds the tension pully and screws into the deck....

 

[NotBudule]

It really reminds me of the type of bolt/washer that holds the small guide wheels on the deck of a small lawn tractor. Also the type that holds a free spinning guide pully on the top of a lawn tractor mower deck....the kind that holds the tension pully and screws into the deck....

That's what I was thinking ?, idler pully maybe ...

 

[Burnt Money]

Check with Boeing.....seems a lot of stuff has been falling from their planes recently.....

But, wondering if, with that sliding/rotating spacer, if it may be related to the brake system....caliper...ect.....
Do you have some type of lawn equipment.....looks like something that would carry a rotating part, like a wheel/blade that would ride on the spacer ?

Several of my friends work at Boeing. Recently when I’m with one of them and see something random I always ask if it’s one of their parts?.

 

[Dhass68]

Training wheel on a kids bike?

 

[airline tech]

After another look, I am thinking a bolt that attaches something that pivots, the split bushing is used to adjust tension on the pivot point depending on how tight it is.

 

[Gazmic]

The bolt is a little out of focus to verify, but the two silver "stripes" on the bushing appear to show evidence of aluminum galling. If so, something's definitely spinning on it.
It's also strange that the crest of the threads after the cross hole show signs of wear/polishing. The crest should not show wear on a properly theaded hole or nut.
The other strange thing about the wear at the end is that a bolt with a cross hole usually would never have anything attached after the cross hole because the cross hole is a weak point.
You would never want to bottom out on a cotter pin, there is no shoulder to bottom out on and the worn area looks to be only 1X the diameter to the bolt. Too little thread to be of much support for anything with any significant stresses.
I'm tending to agree with some of the other posts that this bolt might come from somewhere else but I'm not a Ford engineer.

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