I am in desperate need of help. Please look before I do something stupid.
If you feed the new stud though a hole at the top, you can use a socket in there to tighten it. You'll need two people though. Could spot weld it but you aren't going to get a mig tip in there.
there isnt, i actually had to cut a small hole in mine just so i can reach my adjusters for my coil overs. i dont see how green gob's fix would work, i dont really understand some of the stuff hes trying to explain, but theres no way to get to the top of the shock mount unless you cut holes in your trunk
as long as you start the nut by hand, youll be fine
lol, i took out my interior too to try to find "access" wasted an hour taking it out and putting it back in. no pics, its just a bolt through the cut off stud. that sheet metal is so thin, the self tapping bolt will be better than having a stud welded to that junk. if you cut through it youd understand.
GG is saying to feed the new bolt through while the shock is off the car. you would put in in thru the large center hole where the shock body is and basically let it fall down into the stud hole that you punched the old stud out of. and then "pull" it down tight to the shoulder using the washers
Here is how to fix it correctly. Use angle grinder and cut stud off as close to the body as possible, then grind it smooth. Drill out remaining stud to correct new O.D. as explained later. Buy a stud from McMaster Carr with the tread and pitch you want, with appopriate lenth, make sure the shoulder is knurled. Use drill but according to shoulder dia before knurles. Thru the shock hole feed it in, then do the same trick with a stack of washers the correct size and pull the stud thru. Reinstall shock, and laugh at how they wanted to charge you $2500 to cut the quarter of for a $10 fix.
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i did the same thing officer, what i did was take a self tapping bolt from home depot and drilled it through the center of that stud which then held the coil over back in place. my stud sheared right in half when i was losening the bolts to take off the stock shocks. hasnt been a problem for over a year and a half, knock on wood. and i do track my car
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Try to get that nut off, it's much better than destroying the stud and having to replace it. Try heat, cold, penetrating oils like Kroil. 12-point sockets strip screws a lot more easily than 6-point, so if you can still get a 6-point on it, try that. If you still can't get it off, try to destroy the nut instead of the bolt - grind it, drill it, whatever. Once you cut it, you can pry it apart.
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Try to get that nut off, it's much better than destroying the stud and having to replace it. Try heat, cold, penetrating oils like Kroil. 12-point sockets strip screws a lot more easily than 6-point, so if you can still get a 6-point on it, try that. If you still can't get it off, try to destroy the nut instead of the bolt - grind it, drill it, whatever. Once you cut it, you can pry it apart.
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