[Vwdiesel] subframe update

[brian gochnauer]

maybe weld the subframe and leave it on...
or drill a small hole so you can squirt PB on the nut side.

BrianG


Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 12:32:11 -0500
> From: Chris Geiser <cfgeiser at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Vwdiesel] subframe update
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> Update:  I found a replacement front subframe for my 92 Jetta (remember old
> one rusted out / cracked by drivers side control arm).  Got the old
> subframe
> out and off the car, but not without some attrition...
>
> The main bolt that holds the subframe to the frame twisted off on both
> sides.  I used a breaker bar on one side slowly, and it twisted off.  So I
> used an impact wrench on the other, and that still twisted off. They are
> bolts that goes through the subframe mounting arm and into the body, where
> there feels to be a nut that is held in place by some type of casing.  The
> nut is inside the body but appears to be loose - not so loose that it turns
> through, but loose enough that I can turn the remaining bolt about 1/6th of
> a turn back and forth and wiggle it.  There's about an inch of the old bolt
> sticking out of the hole - I can get a vice grip on it, but no luck getting
> it free of the nut inside the body.  By pushing on it, I just appear to be
> loosening the nut in the body within it's housing rather than loosening the
> actual bolt shaft.
>
> I've sprayed PBblaster up into the area around the bolt remains while
> wiggling side to side;  heated it; sprayed again; but still not free.  I'm
> hesitant to crank any harder or I might free the nut in the body, or break
> off the bolt flush with the body... either of which are undesireable
> outcomes.
>
> Advice?  Suggestions?  Anyone ever cut up this post on the body to see what
> I'm dealing with inside?
>
> thanks guys,
>
> Chris
>
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