codereddew
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So I have a 2020 Mustang GT. Attempted to install BMR’s CB762 and CB010 kits yesterday and was able to get everything bolted up EXCEPT the 4 front cradle plate bolts highlighted in green in the attached pic.
I spent nearly 5 hours struggling in my garage and must’ve pry’d, unbolted and rebolted everything like 100 times, but still could not get those front cradle plate bolts to start threading by hand for the life of me.
I was eventually able to get 1 bolt in, but I don’t think it’s even threaded correctly because it was hard AF to torque down (definitely well over the recommend spec of 40lb/ft torque). So now I’m afraid I’ve messed up the threads and don’t know what to do :(
Actually test drove the car after installing what I could, and from what I could tell, it drives fine (prob since I was able to torque everything else to spec). But it definitely makes me super uncomfortable driving around without those front cradle plate bolts being on.
Any suggestions?!
I spent nearly 5 hours struggling in my garage and must’ve pry’d, unbolted and rebolted everything like 100 times, but still could not get those front cradle plate bolts to start threading by hand for the life of me.
I was eventually able to get 1 bolt in, but I don’t think it’s even threaded correctly because it was hard AF to torque down (definitely well over the recommend spec of 40lb/ft torque). So now I’m afraid I’ve messed up the threads and don’t know what to do :(
Actually test drove the car after installing what I could, and from what I could tell, it drives fine (prob since I was able to torque everything else to spec). But it definitely makes me super uncomfortable driving around without those front cradle plate bolts being on.
Any suggestions?!
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