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All 4 of the Marins my wife, my 2 daughters and myself own have a short length of 8mm round bar threaded on both ends, with flanged nuts, like they have integral washers. This is the standard Marin fitting. I can get a socket on nuts no bother, and just checked the socket on one of nuts and it is a 1/4" drive 10mm socket. Looks like the nuts are reduced in size across the flats but still having the 8mm thread internally. I wouldn't use threaded bar in case it cuts in to alloy of swingarm or shock spacers. You should be able to find a long enough 8mm bolt that you can cut down to length then thread other end. Seems like the nuts might be a problem though.
As to the flanged/top hat washers that fit into holes on mount on frame end of shock, there was a thread on here somewhere about a rebuild of a full suss Marin that if I remember correctly the guy had some made. Have a wee search.
Your only other option is to find a cheapo/knackered frame that has the bits you need. Like this https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1997-Marin-M ... Sw3SFdMu3W
All 4 of the Marins my wife, my 2 daughters and myself own have a short length of 8mm round bar threaded on both ends, with flanged nuts, like they have integral washers. This is the standard Marin fitting. I can get a socket on nuts no bother, and just checked the socket on one of nuts and it is a 1/4" drive 10mm socket. Looks like the nuts are reduced in size across the flats but still having the 8mm thread internally. I wouldn't use threaded bar in case it cuts in to alloy of swingarm or shock spacers. You should be able to find a long enough 8mm bolt that you can cut down to length then thread other end. Seems like the nuts might be a problem though.
As to the flanged/top hat washers that fit into holes on mount on frame end of shock, there was a thread on here somewhere about a rebuild of a full suss Marin that if I remember correctly the guy had some made. Have a wee search.
Your only other option is to find a cheapo/knackered frame that has the bits you need. Like this https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1997-Marin-M ... Sw3SFdMu3W
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