I replaced my rear motor mount this weekend, and somehow the ends of one of the studs - the driver's side rear stud - got stripped/bungled (I don't even know how, the nut looked fine when I took it off). Anyways, I cannot seem to get a new nut started on the stud - every time it feels like it's finally going to tighten, I give it another turn, and it pops loose off the stud. The stud is fine below the top 1/8", but that's not a lot of help to me right now.
What are my options here? I assume I cannot just leave the mount tightened to the frame with two nuts, right? It seems that I would want to rethread the stud, but there is no room to get a die down there to cut new threads.
Am I totally screwed, or is there any hope here for a solution that is not going to involve dropping the entire subframe?
What are my options here? I assume I cannot just leave the mount tightened to the frame with two nuts, right? It seems that I would want to rethread the stud, but there is no room to get a die down there to cut new threads.
Am I totally screwed, or is there any hope here for a solution that is not going to involve dropping the entire subframe?