under hood bolt and rivet
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From: Windsor Locks CT
under hood bolt and rivet
Hi, I found a bolt and rivet sharing a common washer/lock tab of sorts under the hood by the passenger's side ground behind the headlight bucket on the frame. The rivet is broken so the bolt and "washer" have turned a bit. The bolt head is stamped with 10.9. Can anyone tell me what that hardware is for? Thank you.
Last edited by boogienights; Dec 7, 2014 at 12:01 AM.
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That's 1 of the 4 bolts that go through your frame to hold your front cradle (same design for rear cradle)
Just loosen the cradle nut below, spin the tap back in position, add new rivet, re-tighten cradle nut
Someone probably used an impact gun to tighten that nut, which you're not supposed to do.
Just loosen the cradle nut below, spin the tap back in position, add new rivet, re-tighten cradle nut
Someone probably used an impact gun to tighten that nut, which you're not supposed to do.
Last edited by 4DRUSH; Dec 7, 2014 at 10:43 AM.
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There's too many guys out there that call themselves a "mechanic" that instinctively grab their impact gun for everything.
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Indeed, as an aircraft mechanic I had to torque everything to a specified torque, that's how I learned. When I see people just cranking on things as tight as they can get it or like they have a calibrated wrist I wince!
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A buddy of mine in HS who, as I also later did (albeit for a very short while, quickly realizing being an auto mechanic wouldn't be all about "hopping up cars"), went to train as an auto mechanic, he "wrenched" on everything. He'd be putting a new intake manifold on his car an ignore sequencing, torque values... Now that I think about it, it was from him I first learned about Helicoils! Seriously.