[Shotimes] Subframe parts / bolts! and more...

[Paul Nimz]

Best bet is to get a recall kit and saw the head off the bolt.  They are not
welded in place but have little ears that catch.  Part #E6PZ-5A364-A

Paul Nimz
'97 TR SHO
'93 EG mtx SHO


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris "Zap"" <zap@columbus.rr.com>
To: <Shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2003 11:09 PM
Subject: [Shotimes] Subframe parts / bolts! and more...


>     Well, I never expected to be asking THIS question of the list, but
this
> is a somewhat serious problem I just discovered on the '94.  We decided to
> finish the rest of the clutch disassembly today and we got as far as
> removing three of the four subframe bolts.  The fourth will not come out
> completely of the frame due to the little metal piece that holds the
> subframe to the frame via a bolt not being welded in there properly, and
it
> being apart from the frame!!!  Thus the bolt is partway threaded on the
> metal piece.  Has anyone seen this before?  Obviously it is going to need
to
> be welded back together before the car can be put back together.  HELP!
>
>     Second issue:  I was told that the recalls had been completed on the
car
> when I called the dealer to find out.  I am not really sure what the
> subframe plate corrosion issue deals with, but I think this is probably
it.
> Right now two of the four subframe plates/rubber pieces are off the car.
> The third is stuck to the sf and I haven't pulled it off, and the fourth
is
> hanging on the bolt that won't come out any further.  Comparing the two
> subframe "mounts" I find one with two plates and the rubber piece, and the
> second has one plate and the inside (plate between the outside plate and
> rubber) is COMPLETELY rusted out and GONE.  Almost nothing is left, save a
> few pieces of rusty metal.  This piece was on the firewall end of the
> subframe.
>
> Answers are greatly appreciated to these peculiar questions!
>
> Thanks,
> Chris
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