Scrymerr
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- Sep 22, 2002
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Vacaville,
California
Upon removal of the subframe, what did you guys do to keep the square head of the bolt from spinning?
Also, does anyone have a detailed picture of where to cut to access the subframe bolts? I have a 2.25" hole saw that I'll be using - I just want to make sure I drill in the right spot the first time.
The bolt hole will not spin when you take stuff apart. The only possibility it has of spinning is when you install the two bolts in the front holes. You can easily fix this like I did by welding a large square plate in first, and then putting a large weld on the plate right next to the head. As far as how to find the holes, you will already know where the rear holes are because you should have gotten the rear bolts out of the AWD donor car. You can use the donor car to figure out where the front holes are by just drilling up through the hole and into the car. If you don't have the donor car, like me, you will see how I just drilled up into the car anyway, thats why the flap in the first two pics you can see a mangled hole there. Once I was done, I closed all the flaps, stitch welded them up, grinded them, and then im just going to prime and paint them, and put some q-pad over it.