So I recently had my control arms changed by a shade tree mechanic and they stripped my engine cradle bolt on reassembly and didn't tell me (I had to find out from another mechanic when I went to get an alignment). I've been looking for a replacement bolt for 3 days and today I finally found one, but no ship that over been too so far knows how to fix the problem or just don't have the right tools.

Does anybody know where I can get the bolt extracted, hole rethreaded or possibly widened and threaded for a larger bolt? What's my best option?


PS: The bolt is just spinning inside the frame, so it's not a rounded head, but stripped threads on either the bolt or the hole

 

Which one is it exactly? Use this site to find the appropriate diagram.
http://www.japan-parts.eu/

Sounds like the captive nut has broken away from the body of the car if so then there are several solutions depending on the location, one is to cut a hold in the body.

 

It's the 14037 bolt

 

Does that bolt go through a bracket, through the sub frame then into the unibody? If I have that correct your mechanic is going to need to get creative.

 

It goes through a brace (which connects the lower control arm to the engine braces), through a bushing, then the engine cradle and after that I think it goes into another brace/mount.

I've found a place that has the bolt in stock but it's the game of getting the old one out and rethreading the hole that I'm confused on.

 

Are you doing this or a mechanic? If there is indeed a captive nut that is turning this means you can't cut new threads. I've done repairs like this before I cut a hold in the unibody, torched the broken bolt and captive nut then had the nut welded in place.