2 snapped front crossmember bolts

[gooftroop]

Hi there was changing the clutch and gearbox last weekend and the front cross member bolts snapped inside. One of the last owners must have noticed this before and put a weld on one side a while back and when I went to take of the other side it came so far and just snapped off. Anyone on here had this before? May get a temporary weld done just now. Don't know if I should try welding a bolt on to try unscrew it more or using a tap a die set after drilling the old bolt out? Any ideas would be much appreciated

Cheers.

 

[tw33k]

Best thing to do is drill the old out and replace mate safer aswell

 

[Ashley h]

The same thing happened to me a while back, I had two larger bolts welded on and used some big washers under the nut.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

 

[Ashley h]

The same thing happened to me a while back, I had two larger bolts welded on and used some big washers under the nut.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

 

[Prim gt]

Happens pretty regularly with those bolts.

 

[gooftroop]

Thanks for the speedy reply guys.

 

[Navinzen2]

There's a snap on bolt extractor kit I've used it a few Times
Brilliant for pulling sheared bolts..

 

[gooftroop]

Hi there bit of progress on this now, managed to get a shot of a Bluepoint tap and die set for the weekend thanks to a mate through my auld man. We managed to drill the o/s bolt out and found a matching bolt lying around the drivers side with the weld holding it up didn't fancy it to much we took the bolt size to 11mm with a 1.5 thread instead of 10mm and 1.25, just need to find a bolt that size now. Does anyone know if Nissan parts still sell the proper bolt? Unless its 9.5mm with a 1.25 thread? Got a couple of pictures anyway

Cheers.

 

[Freaky_Fish]

I may have some of those bolts the the garage. I'll check later