Well I was doing my suspension last night on my civic, and I accidently stripped the lower bolt that holds the strut on in the rear. I need idea's on what to do. Please help I dont have much money left from buying my motor, so as cheap as possable would be helpful.

 

You could just run a bolt and a nylock nut to hold it all together. Just make sure it is the proper grade.

 

My brother snapped that bolt on one of my LCAs with a stock strut. I had to get new lcas and struts

 

i planned on getting a grade 8 bolt and nut with a lock washer, but How should i go about removing the bolt that is stripped?

 

The bolt is still in the LCA? Well you will have to drill it out.

 

When my bro's stripped, he went to town on that bitch trying to get it out. All I can say is good luck.

 

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Yes sir.. it wont budge

 

Man that sucks, it is either drill it out or get one at the junk yard. That is about all I can say man. That sucks a big one. I would attempt to get it out. Will it still spin? If so you might be about to turn it and have someone tap the other side to move it out. You will have to get creative, I would like to know if it is the bolt of the threads that are stripped.

 

If the bolt is still stuck in there and the head is ruined, grind off the surface and weld on a new nut to be able to remove it (make sure you are trying to remove the bolt not the nut eh). Get a new bolt from honda or a wrecking yard (make sure it's a honda bolt).

If the nut that's on the other side snaps and starts to spin, when you reasemble it tack weld it back on. It happened to me. My bolt was so stuck it snapped half way thru. I unbolted all the suspension and grinded the welded nut off to get the bolt out. A new honda bolt fixed it for me with retacking the nut on the other side.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ludesrv &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">If the bolt is still stuck in there and the head is ruined, grind off the surface and weld on a new nut to be able to remove it (make sure you are trying to remove the bolt not the nut eh). Get a new bolt from honda or a wrecking yard (make sure it's a honda bolt).

If the nut that's on the other side snaps and starts to spin, when you reasemble it tack weld it back on. It happened to me. My bolt was so stuck it snapped half way thru. I unbolted all the suspension and grinded the welded nut off to get the bolt out. A new honda bolt fixed it for me with retacking the nut on the other side.</TD></TR></TABLE>

GOODNESS!!!! HOW MANY BOLTS HAVE YOU SCREWED UP IN YOUR LIFETIME!!!!

 

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GOODNESS!!!! HOW MANY BOLTS HAVE YOU SCREWED UP IN YOUR LIFETIME!!!! </TD></TR></TABLE>

None. I bought my engine with bolts already f-ed up on it. And when I lowered my car I had the 'this bolt is 275000kms old and has seen 17 canadian winter' syndrome. If he fucked his up, what's so bad about ******* mine up? It seems to be a common issue with old suspension. My bolt was actually seized in my bushing liner.

 

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None. I bought my engine with bolts already f-ed up on it. And when I lowered my car I had the 'this bolt is 275000kms old and has seen 17 canadian winter' syndrome. If he fucked his up, what's so bad about ******* mine up? It seems to be a common issue with old suspension. My bolt was actually seized in my bushing liner.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Sure Sure

 

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Sure Sure </TD></TR></TABLE>

Your a buster of *****.

 

thanks guys i am going to a JY and getting a new LCA i am going to cut the welded bolt off and try it that way then i am going to get a Grade 8 bolt, Lock washer, and Nut to reassemble all this shiznit.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Mr.P1nk &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">thanks guys i am going to a JY and getting a new LCA i am going to cut the welded bolt off and try it that way then i am going to get a Grade 8 bolt, Lock washer, and Nut to reassemble all this shiznit.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Use the honda bolts from the yard.

 

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Use the honda bolts from the yard.</TD></TR></TABLE>x2...that bolt is busted on mine too, but the way i have it set up the other side of the shock tower is held tight because of crazy sway bar mounting methods, and other stuff...i have like a 1/2 inch of thread sticking out so the bottom rest on it...its good though no problems but when i can im going to drill it and redo the setup


but its a pain

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 89efDUSTY &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">x2...that bolt is busted on mine too, but the way i have it set up the other side of the shock tower is held tight because of crazy sway bar mounting methods, and other stuff...i have like a 1/2 inch of thread sticking out so the bottom rest on it...its good though no problems but when i can im going to drill it and redo the setup


but its a pain </TD></TR></TABLE>

Slow speed and a good carbide drill should do it. It's all in the quality of the drill and the speed it's turning at. I got one from work and it just ate a hole in a grade 8 bolt.

 

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Slow speed and a good carbide drill should do it. It's all in the quality of the drill and the speed it's turning at. I got one from work and it just ate a hole in a grade 8 bolt.</TD></TR></TABLE> nice yah i noticed the difference in my dads like 250 dollar drill compared to my 50 dollar one...hahaha thanks

 

This just happened to me last weekend. A little drilling and a little heat and you can get it out. I ended up drilling out the center which seemed to allow it to decompress some. Gave it a few wacks after heating it up and it came out. When it comes to stuck, stripped, or snapped bolts,...you've just gotta be resourceful and creative.
Speaking of creative...I didn't have a torch...just a space heater.


Add a little WD40...that's creative!