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Old 01-16-2005, 09:23 PM   #1
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Check your bolts!

I had a freak thing happen to me yesterday. While I had my car on the rack at my dad's tightening the header bolts, I noticed the driver's side accessory bracket was missing the two bolts on the bottom. Then, even worse, when I lowered the car to check the top bolts, they were missing too!! The alternator and power steering pump were being held on only by the alternator-to-exhaust bracket, and the fuel line bracket! The two studs were missing, and the other three bolts had broken off inside the block! That's crazy! I have no idea how that happened, but its a good thing I noticed it before something more serious happened on the highway. After an hour or so of cussing the broken bolts out, we replaced them and got the acessory bracket bolted back into place. Lesson learned, make sure you check your car over for problems, often.
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Old 01-17-2005, 12:10 AM   #2
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Old 01-17-2005, 12:13 AM   #3
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Old 01-17-2005, 01:28 AM   #4
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Yeah it was very awesome those bolts came out so quick and fixed.. It looked like it was going to be a pita to get them out.. Glad you were able to get that solved.. Now how about the header bolt you were left at? Did you do that?
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Old 01-17-2005, 10:30 AM   #5
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Yep, I tightened all the header bolts.
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Old 01-17-2005, 11:05 AM   #6
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I had a freak thing happen to me yesterday. While I had my car on the rack at my dad's tightening the header bolts, I noticed the driver's side accessory bracket was missing the two bolts on the bottom. Then, even worse, when I lowered the car to check the top bolts, they were missing too!! The alternator and power steering pump were being held on only by the alternator-to-exhaust bracket, and the fuel line bracket! The two studs were missing, and the other three bolts had broken off inside the block! That's crazy! I have no idea how that happened, but its a good thing I noticed it before something more serious happened on the highway. After an hour or so of cussing the broken bolts out, we replaced them and got the acessory bracket bolted back into place. Lesson learned, make sure you check your car over for problems, often.
Im sorry Kevin, I was going to ruturn the bolts as soon as I was finished with them....
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Old 01-17-2005, 01:39 PM   #7
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Old 01-17-2005, 10:38 PM   #8
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What tool did you use to tighten the back passenger side bolts? I can't get any room to turn the socket.
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Old 01-18-2005, 12:34 AM   #9
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Are you talking about the header bolts? I am lucky and get them from underneath. #8 is easy but #4 and #6 I have to remove the starter to get.
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