Another broken LCA bolt... and worse

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Another broken LCA bolt... and worse

By teal_dx
- Wed May 09, 2007 4:40 pm #7592 I've had the LCA shock bolts break on me before, but last night the bolt that attaches the end of the LCA to the frame snapped. (the one to the far right in the pic)

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The kick in the balls is that the nut on the other side that the bolt threads into (the one that is welded to the subframe) snapped off too :x

There's not enough room to get in there to re-weld it with a MIG since that area is recessed and the tip of the MIG is way too big. The nut is fine, it was just weak/corroded spot welds that gave out.

I'm wondering if I can use the nut, along with a lock washer when I install the newbolt. Think that will be OK?
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By ChicagoMike
- Wed May 09, 2007 5:09 pm #7593 Yes x100!! :thumb:
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By ChicagoMike
- Wed May 09, 2007 5:31 pm #7595 Yeah, we did the same thing to my 2000 Si.
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By fresh eh2*
- Wed May 09, 2007 6:14 pm #7600 Its always the rear suspension bolts that give u problems, this past weekend wen I installed my suspension 3 bolts broke. 2 on pass side 1 on driver side. F*cking sucksss!
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By chnzgoofball
- Wed May 09, 2007 7:28 pm #7613
AddictiveAllMotor wrote:Yeah, we did the same thing to my 2000 Si.


well not to a 2000 si but i did it on my 4 door its still holding on strong =P
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By ohDirka
- Wed May 09, 2007 11:38 pm #7633 for a bolt?!?! :o
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By Jsa-SIR2
- Thu May 10, 2007 12:05 am #7635 such a rip off! :(
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By ChicagoMike
- Thu May 10, 2007 12:25 am #7636 Damn teal, you coulda Ace Hardware'd that shit.

3 bolts, 6 washers, 3 nuts.........$6.00 :lol:
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By ohDirka
- Thu May 10, 2007 1:22 am #7640
AddictiveAllMotor wrote:Damn teal, you coulda Ace Hardware'd that shit.

3 bolts, 6 washers, 3 nuts.........$6.00 :lol:


lol that what i prolly wouldve done lol
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By teal_dx
- Thu May 10, 2007 1:26 am #7642 they are special bolts with a tapered end on them and no threads in the middle. But that's a good idea. Maybe I'll take one to the store and see if I can find one similar. In the time crunch I'm in I might just have to use them though. Hoping to have the car done in 9 days :o Honda must know that those bolts break on almost every civic :roll:
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By ohDirka
- Thu May 10, 2007 1:56 am #7643 9 days??? teal im going to be out towards your garage this weekend if you need an extra hand or tool let me know
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By fresh eh2*
- Thu May 10, 2007 2:41 am #7644 When I broke my screws honda was charging $16.50 for those bolts. I was like fu*k that so I got some off a kid that had 3 of them laying around. And I got another 3 off the junk yard for like $3.50 lol
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By teal_dx
- Thu May 10, 2007 12:33 pm #7649
d15kid wrote:9 days??? teal im going to be out towards your garage this weekend if you need an extra hand or tool let me know


My hatch is not at my place, it is in Medina. I'm taking tomorrow off work to spend all day on it. If you're going to be near Medina and you want to see it, let me know!


edit - just got back from the dealership, and they ordered the wrong bolts [smilie=BangHead.gif] Sometimes I feel like there's someone who doesn't want me to get this thing done in time :lol:
Good thing there's plenty of other misc stuff in the meantime to do...
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