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  • psyber_0ptix
    E30 Modder
    • Feb 2010
    • 904
    #1

    Another subframe bushing bolt thread

    But I was able to get mine out. My sleeved cracked and i used the FredK method with great success.

    Are the subframe bolts normally bent? both sides are quite tweaked and wasn't sure if it were time to replace or to pop them back in. If they are bent from factory, is there some index to them to get them in the proper orientation?
    Originally posted by FredK
    However, in your absence, I will likely sit in your seat buck naked while making racecar noises as if I were maxing your E30 out on the Mulsanne Straight while allowing the perforated vinyl to soak up my butt sweat (going 200 mph does that to you).

    My year in Germany
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    • FredK
      R3V OG
      • Oct 2003
      • 14739
      #2
      The subframe bolts are straight bolts. It'd take quite a bit to bend a 14mm piece of steel! Any pics of the bolts?

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        • Charley
          Grease Monkey
          • Mar 2010
          • 396
          #3
          They are not supposed to be bent at all... time for a new set of bolts

          BTW post a pic of your bolts

          Charley

          edit: 1min...

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            • psyber_0ptix
              E30 Modder
              • Feb 2010
              • 904
              #4







              new bolts ordered, thanks guys
              Originally posted by FredK
              However, in your absence, I will likely sit in your seat buck naked while making racecar noises as if I were maxing your E30 out on the Mulsanne Straight while allowing the perforated vinyl to soak up my butt sweat (going 200 mph does that to you).

              My year in Germany
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                • e304me
                  E30 Fanatic
                  • Feb 2006
                  • 1374
                  #5
                  holy shit...

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                    • Charley
                      Grease Monkey
                      • Mar 2010
                      • 396
                      #6
                      wow just wow

                      Charley

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                        • Fidhle007
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                          • Oct 2005
                          • 7209
                          #7
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                            • e30loverSC
                              E30 Addict
                              • Jun 2009
                              • 575
                              #8
                              I dont wanna know how to bend subframe bolts. 14mm of steel

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                                • psyber_0ptix
                                  E30 Modder
                                  • Feb 2010
                                  • 904
                                  #9
                                  I've driven the car at most 100 feet. I picked it up from the previous owner and have slowly been fixing it. Needed to replace the brake hardline that spans the entire length of the underside. Doing a 5-lug conversion and removed the subframe for camber/toe mod, and found this.

                                  the bolts are fairly inexpensive, but those washers are way over priced.

                                  maybe I should start a build thread..
                                  Originally posted by FredK
                                  However, in your absence, I will likely sit in your seat buck naked while making racecar noises as if I were maxing your E30 out on the Mulsanne Straight while allowing the perforated vinyl to soak up my butt sweat (going 200 mph does that to you).

                                  My year in Germany
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                                    • hellakush
                                      Wrencher
                                      • May 2010
                                      • 254
                                      #10
                                      i'm gonna take a wild guess and say the that the po didn't have those bolts tightened at one point before he dropped it down and took it for a test drive.
                                      I'd rather bag your mom than my car :D

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                                        • jlevie
                                          R3V OG
                                          • Nov 2006
                                          • 13530
                                          #11
                                          Bad subframe bushings can result in bent bolts...
                                          The car makes it possible, but the driver makes it happen.
                                          Jim Levie, Huntsville, AL

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