subframe,control arm stripped

[rare1]

I recently replaced my ball joint on the drivers side front and I put the control arm back on and one of the bolts that goes into the rear of the control arm into the subframe is stripped out.How should I fix this? Should I drill and tap? Any suggestions would be appreciated.Thanks!

 

[92dsmtalon]

Id say to tap it. Its obviously not that hard to do, and it shouldnt hurt the integrety of the control arm.

 

[rare1]

I'll try that tonight,Thank You!

 

[Splitpi]

I like to tap every hole I can find... hahaha...

 

[92dsmtalon]

I like to tap every hole I can find... hahaha...

Haha, thats great.

 

[dikdiamond]

I have stripped out one of my control arm bolts,tried tapping with the M12x1.25 and replaced the bolt. There wasn't enough threads/metal left and I cannot get it to tighten to spec. Should I tap with an M12x1.75 and get a matching bolt? Would the different pitch be enough,or should I try an M14?

 

[Silver 95 GST]

Is that a subframe piece that your could slip a stud through?

If so put the stud through and put a nut on each side.

 

[dikdiamond]

I'll check from up top today but I don't think it's possible. Def impossible from the bottom.

 

[dikdiamond]

Well it might be possible to get a bolt on from the bottom. Gonna have to jack it up and see. Does anyone else have an idea on the thread pitch idea? I'm a noob on tapping,other than I know you usually go to the next size up. Thing is,I don't know if that includes pitch.

 

[dikdiamond]

Problem solved! I couldn't find an M14 tap at any nearby stores so I used a 9/16 spark plug tap. Although I wanted a fine threaded tap,this could be used later on if I or anyone I know has any probs with cross-threading/stripping out plug threads. Thanks silvergst for the suggestion but it wouldn't work.

 

[DirtyBirdRacing]

I just wanted to add a note to this for anyone who comes across this post. I ran into this same issue and tried to use a bolt and nut instead of just a bolt by drilling it out and drilling to the other side of the trailing arm. There is enough space to do this, but when tightening the bolt I noticed that the subframe was just bending and compressing and not allowing the bolt to tighten properly. I will be trying to retap it later this week.

Bill

 

[rare1]

retapped mine and it worked.You might have to drill to and tap a size bigger.