shock bolts broke!
01-01-2012, 11:38 AM
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The upper bolts pretty much always break.
There are a few options for fixing it.
a) You can take a hammer and punch or air hammer (preferred) and knock em out (nut is spot welded to unibody) and fish in new bolts through an access port about 4 inches to the side of the shock mount. [This is how I do it.]
b) Drill and tap for new bolts
c) Cut holes in floorboard and remove nuts and put new bolts in. [Unnecessary IMO]
Good luck
There are a few options for fixing it.
a) You can take a hammer and punch or air hammer (preferred) and knock em out (nut is spot welded to unibody) and fish in new bolts through an access port about 4 inches to the side of the shock mount. [This is how I do it.]
b) Drill and tap for new bolts
c) Cut holes in floorboard and remove nuts and put new bolts in. [Unnecessary IMO]
Good luck
01-01-2012, 11:39 AM
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That's what I had to do and wrapped some metal wire around the new bolts to pull them there... was a lot easyer then I thought
01-01-2012, 11:43 AM
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01-01-2012, 12:07 PM
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