WTF?! i just found somethingwierd on my subframe...

[T La]

bondo.. or SOMEthing where the top of the subframe pin should be.... has anyone ever encountered this before? or have any suggestions on how to get the pin out if the top of it isn't even there?



the other side to...

[Dj Buttchug]

looks pretty factory to me...

[BimmerTim]

It's just a hole plug. Pry it off.

[T La]

i was under the impression that this was supposed to be the head of a pin-type bolt which you are supposed to whack out from the bottom... am i incorrect?

[BimmerTim]

Yeah, it's under the cap. Pry it off.

[george graves]

Hit the bolt from the bottom. It'll pop right out when you are doing the subframe.

In other words - You don't pull that bolt out from the top.

[T La]

okay then i must not have been giving it enough force, from the DIY i was reading it looked like the pin should've already been sticking out of the top

[T La]

damn misleading DIYs ....

[george graves]

Nope. That pic is of it pushed up and resting on the splines. If you were to turn it a few degrees it would drop back into the hole as soon as the splines line up.

[T La]

well now i just feel silly.

thanks guys

[george graves]

We've all been there. Trust me.

[E30Idea]

We've all been there. Trust me.

Very true, but this is the first thread in awhile that any OP has not been flamed for asking a standard question that we forget can be a "life or death" feeling to a newly born DIY'er

Keep at it.

[T La]

Very true, but this is the first thread in awhile that any OP has not been flamed for asking a standard question that we forget can be a "life or death" feeling to a newly born DIY'er

Keep at it.

apparently i'm not the first one to have that feeling hahhaa. thanks again.

[T La]

okay guys, i just got the pins out, but now the subframe won't actually drop out; are there any tricks or techniques for physically dropping it out? it seems like it's getting stuck on the bushings...

[phenryiv1]

Prybar...carefully.