Swapping motor out and busted a couple bolts for transmission crossmember. One of them broke off flush on subframe and other broke the welded nut inside off. Whats best way to attack this? Can i cut a slot in it to get a wrench or vice grip on nut to get it out? The other im assuming a good drill bit and then retap it?

 

Take out the seat(s), hole saw from above, weld in a new nut. Fill afterwards w/ plastic plug.

No sense in trying to mess with what's there now. It's a one-time-use-ONLY setup; STRICTLY for the convenience of the factory. It's amazing it ever works more than that.

 

I had thought of going at it from the top, but wasnt sure if it was worth the headache of pulling seats and carpet. I think i will do all 4 while im at it and be done and over with. Why do car manufacturers do stupid crap like that? Thanks for input

 

There are threads showing how to repair with threaded inserts. S E A R C H.

 

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