I was installing my sleeves again and when trying to rebolt the upper control arm bolts I messed up the bolts and have to find new ones or something now and the threading I'm pretty sure is messed up because they will not screw in and I tried to force them a bit. Here is a pic of the bolts I'm talking about </img> I really could use some help trying to figure out how to fix this problem because my car can't drive and I don't have a threader or bolts that will go in anymore. I know I can try and find a junkyard around here to get the bolts but I really am not sure how to solve this delema I am facing.

Please any help at all would be so great or if there's someone that lives around oceanside and could come help out I'd be more then willing to pay you for your time and gas to help me solve this problem.

-Garrett"

 

go down to honda and get replacement bolts. which ones do you need to replace? the two that are holding the bracket in place?

 

The problem isn't just the bolts I think I know how to get those its the fact that I messed up where you screw them into. The threading wont let anything screw into it at all so I think I need to find someone or something to rethread it but I'm really not sure.

 

just wondering..but why did u unbolt those? were you installing a camber kit as well or something? when i installed my suspension i didnt touch that

 

I was following a how-to off c-speedracing and it said to undo that to take out the stock rear struts. http://www.c-speedracing.com/h...r.php

-Garrett

 

yea im not real sure why they had you undo those. im also not sure about getting it rethreaded. i would say go down to a local hardware store and see if you can match up the bolt size and thread pattern, try threading one of the new bolts in to see if that was your problem. if they dont thread in then your problem is not the bolts. im not sure where you could go from there, hopefully someone else here could shed some light.

 

Well you see I took the bolts from the passenger side and tried putting one in to see if maybe it was just the 2 bolts from the drivers side and luckly I only tested with one bolt so that bolt is f-ed up now too so I have a total of 4 bolts where 1 of which still works and it only works on the passenger side.

-Garrett

 

i would still reccomend getting four new bolts. starting fresh. if that doesnt work you may have jacked up the threads on the inside. i personally have fixed that by just getting the bolt started and cranking on it, which rethreaded it. but i would try new bolts, then get a second opinion.

 

ok well thanks for the help man... the reason I have 3 bad bolts its because I screwed up the first 2 so I took one off the passenger side and tried using that to rethread and now that bolt is f-ed also. I'm thinking I'm just gonna have to find a way to get it rethreaded or something.... but I'm open to help and ideas so please feel free to give them guys.

-Garrett

 

good luck. hopefully someone else will be able to help you a little more.

 

are you jacking the suspension up to take the pressure off the bolts while you're trying to tighten them? Also, a tap from sears/lowes might be your friend if you've messed the threads up on the car.

 

Sounds like you cross threaded them trying to put them back in and used one of the other side bolts to try to clean up the threads but that didn't work and now you have 3 stripped bolts and 2 stripped welded nuts.

Caution: Those welded not in the body are not easily replaceable. If they should become permanetly damaged or the welds holding them to the sheet metal break you're in big trouble. Those welded nuts can;t be accessed without cutting a hole in that cavity between the inner and outer sheetmetal.

Suggestion: Get some new bolts.... get someone with some experience to retap the welded nuts. Get that person to reinstall the suspension.

 

So I fixed the problem using a 10mm x 1.25 tap and to fix the bolts I used a 1.25 die. Here is a pic with the tires back on and once I wash it I'll take some more.

 

NIce

 

I was about to tell you that you need to rethread but looks like you've got it taken care of.

 

u had better put some thread locker on it. Just to be safe

 

yeah, when i did my rear shocks, i also unbolted the upper arm.. just to have some more room... glad u got ur **** fixed.