scoobydoobie Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 How important is it to have all 10 of those bolts for the subframe brace? Reason I ask is because during the FSB swap, I removed the subframe brace and the STi front lower arm bar I'd installed on it. When re-installing the brace and arm bar, I over-torqued one of these bolts and managed to strip out the hole where the bolt goes. Just spins. Is it worth having this drilled and tapped or should I not worry about it? One of these bolts is missing: http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/3890/boltso.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobydoobie Posted October 19, 2011 Author Share Posted October 19, 2011 bump for feedback Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAC5.2 Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 That subframe is one of the primary contributors to chassis stiffness, so it's pretty important. But most of those are bolts that thread into nuts, right? Which one did you strip out, and can you get a nut on the other side of it? [URL="http://legacygt.com/forums/showthread.php/proper-flip-key-interesti-159894.html"]Flip Key Development Thread[/URL] "Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped." - E. Hubbard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobydoobie Posted October 19, 2011 Author Share Posted October 19, 2011 Most of them do, but those 4 at the bottom (where my beautiful arrows are) thread straight in, with no nuts on the otherside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibr_adam09 Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 Did you drive over a scanner ? lol. that's an odd looking photo. I would think you'd be ok if you just throw a bolt and a nut on one side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobydoobie Posted October 20, 2011 Author Share Posted October 20, 2011 It's a borrowed pic from the Cobb tuning sway bar instructions PDF. IIRC, those lower 4 bolts (where the arrows are pointing), don't use a nut. I will double check again sometime soon when its not raining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FPerron Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 Isn't the usual procedure to extract the broken bolt and replace it? Shouldn't be too hard since it snapped from over tightening - not seizure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAC5.2 Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 He didn't snap the bolt. I'd probably drill and tap a size bigger, just to be safe. [URL="http://legacygt.com/forums/showthread.php/proper-flip-key-interesti-159894.html"]Flip Key Development Thread[/URL] "Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped." - E. Hubbard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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