I ran into a little issue when changing my control arms. Someone stripped the little bolts on the
08-07-2006, 08:17 AM
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I ran into a little issue when changing my control arms. Someone stripped the little bolts on the
subframe plate. They stripped one of each on both sides. I went to torque them down and the bolts just kept spinning. When I took them out it looked like their was wire wrapped around the threads, or what was left of a helicoil. When I get the car aligned I'm going to have them tap the holes and put new bolts in but I'm wondering if its ok to drive the car like this. There tiny little bolts and are only supposed to be torqued to 30ftlbs so I doubt they carry much weight and its only missing one from each side but I just thought I would check it out with you guys
This is the plate I'm talking about <img src="https://www.audiworld.com/tech/pics/wheel43_small.jpg">
This is the plate I'm talking about <img src="https://www.audiworld.com/tech/pics/wheel43_small.jpg">
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