Sheared chassis bolt while installing Steeda Jacking rails. Now what?

[Fatguy]

Mine came out super easy and is a 2017 car. I did see blue loctite on the threads of one bolt though, but some were too easy to remove. Like others said these are production bolts so they can be removed.

Honestly as long as that single bolt is attached solidly I would not even bother with extraction.

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[ValidusTalon]

Ooof!!! Bad luck..... I agree with the extractor advice, if it were me, and even if I could be convinced it's okay otherwise, missing a bolt would drive me nuts 'till I fixed it.

FWIW several of the bolts on mine (a '17) were pretty dang tight. I did as tsunami noted, tighten a tad, then back out, rinse and repeat a few times to get the locktite to give it up. I ended up using the factory hardware again, but before hand cleaned the bolts with a wire wire wheel + drill before putting a dab of blue locktite on them (I didn't bathe them in it, from the factor the things look like they painted the entire bolt with the crud)....

 

[Dallas J]

Get one of the broken screw / bolt extractor kits from Electronix. Local hardware store probably has them.

Drill a hole with the extractor tool, apply some WD40 to the broken bolt to hopefully make it easier to pull, and then extract with the opposite side of the tool. If its not in there too bad or crossthreaded it should come out.

If that doesn't work ya you'd need to apply heat or dremmel a screwdriver slot in there and maybe should take it to a mechanic.

Thats always a good way to have a broken bolt with a broken extractor

This thread looks pretty old so who knows what the guy did but if it truly was seized enough to break the OEM bolt then the only real option is to drill it out. Which would be a pain without a lift, and still painful with one.

 

[NightmareMoon]

Thats always a good way to have a broken bolt with a broken extractor

This thread looks pretty old so who knows what the guy did but if it truly was seized enough to break the OEM bolt then the only real option is to drill it out. Which would be a pain without a lift, and still painful with one.

Depends if he broke it off tightening it down or loosening it up. Yeah if he broke it off trying to remove it, then yes, its probably stuck in there, but if he did what I guess and broke it trying to torque it down, then there may be hope.

 

[Norm Peterson]

The thing about using extractors is that if you get the least bit careless you can break the extractor off, leaving the end jammed in the busted fastener. Now you're worse off because the extractor is made of much harder steel than the bolt you were trying to remove with it. Can't drill it, usually won't have enough (or anything) to grab . . . might take having to weld a nut on it all (through the threaded hole) and hope that your weld holds.

Any more, I'd use a left-hand twist drill before I'd use an extractor (yes, such a thing really does exist).


Norm

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