i dont know what to do...
06-08-2006, 05:56 AM
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i dont know what to do...
before i bought the car there was an exhaust rattle. the previous owners took it to the dealer and they fixed it. the rattle came back, i looked under the car and found a bracket to be bent so badly that it ripped a nut thru the frame! what do i do???
here is the brace and the location of the bolt
here is one angle from under my car. the bolt on the far left is the one that ripped out
here is another angle. you can see the lock-nut that should be inside the frame, but its in plain view.
here is a close up of the last angle at the actual damage. theres the nut...
here is the brace and the location of the bolt
here is one angle from under my car. the bolt on the far left is the one that ripped out
here is another angle. you can see the lock-nut that should be inside the frame, but its in plain view.
here is a close up of the last angle at the actual damage. theres the nut...
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06-08-2006, 06:06 AM
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I'd suggest you visit a body shop for repairs.
Most likely they will take your interior apart, placing some new sheet metal from the inside over the ripped out section.
Most likely they will take your interior apart, placing some new sheet metal from the inside over the ripped out section.
06-10-2006, 06:31 PM
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That happened to mine 3 days after purchasing it. Night time; no room to swerve; too fast to stop; hit a LARGE catalytic converter laying in the road. My incident differs in that the bolts stayed attached, and the brace ripped out from under them. Because of that, it was an easy fix. It left the brace rubbing against the driveshaft, and I was able to crawl underneath and bend it back and forth until it broke off, then carefully drove it back to the dealer. Good luck with yours!
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