ok, stupid me, the front bolts snapped!

anyways i did the search and found out that you can hammer or drill the bolts out...

so i hammered the bolts, guess what??? ARGH!!! i bent the plate underneath holding the two bolts! and well the bolts still wont come out!

so then i try drilling, and it got me no where. bolts still stuck!

so any suggestions???

i know where to get the bolts, nuts, washers...

but i need to know how to get these damn broken bolts off...

anyways, hope u guys can help...

ps. thanks to j28s, he told me where to get the new bolts, lock washers, and nuts... if anybody have the same problem, they're at home depot, grade 8... he also said 1" or 1.5"


[Modified by GiFFCHaN, 9:00 PM 3/10/2002]

 

to get the one off mine instead of using a hammer....we flattened out the top of the bent bolt and then proceded to find the proper size PUNCH and then hammered the **** outta it.

Props goes to G3-TEG for the dirty work, the plate did get bent but it's not a big deal particularly since you can JB Weld that dirty looking thing back into place and use CW touch up to make it all pretty and almost OEM again.

Sidenote, bent plate, G3-TEG just pounded it back flat with a hammer and a block of wood....



For the record, it wasn't me who overtorqued the bolt causing it to snap...HAhaha

 

thx for the quick reply RagingAngel

well i hammered them to a point where i can't hammer it anymore... it's all the way in... any other suggestions???

 

oh yeh, is there anyway we can take that plate off?

is there an actual need for that?

 

why not ditch that bar and get a skunk2 per say? The tie bar would be much more effective if mounted to the struts... or so I'm assuming

 

i was thinking about that... to get a bar that mount on the struts... i just want to find a way to get these out... the site off them just bothers me...

 

I had the same problem. I overtorqued one of the bolts. At first, i tried hammering it out but no luck. (i guess i wasnt trying hard enough). Later on, I took it over to a body shop and they drilled that sucker out and replaced it with another size 12 bolt (?). Seems good so far.

 

so u reccomend me bringing it to a shop?

any other suggestions of doing it myself? what kind drill?

i just tried drilling and drilling... am i suppose to drill through the bolt? or drill the bolt out...???

 

I guess if you cant do it yourself, then take it to a shop. I'm not sure what kind of drill it was but it was air an air tool. At first he used a thinner drill bit through the bolt then switched to a thicker one for the remainder.

 

hmmm... guess i need to drill a hole first... then as u said, use a bigger one after to drill it out...

ok... hope this works... will update u guys on how i do it...

 

no no no, you have to drill!!!!! you need to get one of those stripped bolt remover kits at any hardware store. you drill a hole in the bolt and you insert the bolt remover in the hole and ou unscrew it out. hammering is no good!!!!! just from my exp. good luck

 

Hmm, I wonder what may cause such problem.


What is the proper torque spec for those bolts on the strut bar?

 

just overtorquing a couple of lbs will snap that thing.

 

The proper torque is 17ft-lb.... I go 20 usually and its never let me down....(Cuz my wrench starts at 20...shiiiiiiet)

But I also use a deep socket so given the fact I haven't had my wrench recalibrated in years, it's more like 18ft-lbs....

"for every inch in extension, add 1 more ft-lb of torque" So somebody said.....

 

i think that is completely wrong!!! sometimes im amazed by the stupidity on this web board. to figure out the effctive tq that an extension gives you, you need to know 2 very important things!!!!!

1. length of the wrench from drive to handel

2. length of the extension.

 

snap-on torque wrench goooood

 

Wow, sometimes I'm amazed by the level of arrogance of this board....
If somebody says something wrong contrary to know what is correct.... it sure would do a great deal to educated others on the proper procedure....

Thanks for your great addition....it was a great contribution to the level of this board....

 

hahaha... now children... don't have to be hostile to each other...

well i'm going to do it tomorrow... as i was completely busy today...

so should i drill from the bottom? or from the top now? since somebody gave another suggestion...

 

The length of the extension has nothing to do with torque provided it is held straight.

Torque is equal to the force times the perpindicular distance to the bolt.
Yay for physics.


[Modified by sackdz, 2:07 AM 3/12/2002]

 

you are right. my badd. i thought he was talkign about those wierd angled extensions. i dont know why, but then i thought about it and figured that he was prob talkign about just a straight length extension. in that case the length of the extension, if it just extends from the drive to the bolt will have no effect on the tq measurements. you are right!! i was thinkign of something else.


tf)(l)

t=tq
f=applied force
l=lengt of the lever

[Modified by cali-r, 9:22 AM 3/12/2002]


[Modified by cali-r, 9:41 AM 3/12/2002]

 

bolts... ARGH! i drilled a whole through the bolt, but well... it's not coming out... should i just drilling the bolt until there is nothing left of it???

 

that's what the guy at a bodyshop did to mine. I'm not saying go do it, but just sharing.

 

well i guess i'll just stop making things worst and get some body shop to just drill damn holes through the bolts till there is nothing left. it's too late for me to do it now. DAMN IT'S LOUD! i'm partially deaf now...