I ******* cross-threaded my front subframe! I was putting the right-side front control arm back in after installing polyurethane bushings on it and I ******* cross-threaded the outside thread where the bracket for the pivot bushing mounts.



So I guess now I have to ******* take the entire goddamn subframe out of the ******* car and take it to a shop to be re-threaded. This ******* sucks! All the nuts on the subframe are so ******* seized it's not even funny, and all I have for my breaker bar are ******* useless 12-point sockets. The useless Haynes manual doesn't even have a procedure for taking out the front subframe. This is not what I want to be dealing with right now.



Oh, and to top it all off, my friends just decided that, "Well, since he's screaming and throwing hammers again, I guess we'll just go play pool and smoke these really expensive cigars that we got without him, and not even try to calm him down or even seem like we even ******* care or that we're his friends at all..."



I hate everything.

can't you re-tap the bracket with it in the car?

I don't know how to do such a thing, and I'm in too much of an irrational mood to think of something like that.

chill, ive done **** like that before. you can get taps and you can get thread files to clean that up. besides, its too late to worry about it today. go drink some beer and worry about it tomorrow.

I like the way you think, evil. That reminds me of the day I was working on my brakes with Rotarydragon.



Hmm...it's getting late...we need beer and ice cream.

Okay, now that I've had a nice relaxing and inebriated weekend, can someone explain in detail how I would go about doing this? Tools needed, where to get them and how to do the job? This would help out a whole lot because I REALLY don't want to have to take the subframe out to take it to a shop. Thanks a bunch. https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...DIR#>/wink.png

All you should have to do is figure out the bolt size and tread pitch (how many threads per mm). Go to a place that sells taps, some hardware stores might carry metric taps. If your local hardware store doesn't have metric taps, call a local machine shop, and ask them who they buy their tooling from. If neither of those are an option, buy it from MSC Industsrial Supply Co, I work at a machine shop, and we order alot of our tooling from MSC. Buy the correct tap size, and die if the bolt got all fucked up too. Then chase the tap through the stripped out hole. And if the bolt is fucked up run the die over the bolt. Then be very careful when you start the bolt into the hole. I'd recomend starting all your bolts be hand so that this doesn't happend again.



Hope this helps.

what he said. use no airgunnage.



good to hear that it didnt blow your weekend https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...>/bigthumb.gif

aren't you also supposed to use some kind of oil or grease or something when re-threading?

Tap-ease

A quicker cheaper option is to use a helicoil...depends on the bolt size, but I've seen metric sets at Pepboys and such. Buying a bigger tap/die set for this one thing could be pretty pricy.

ZenRXSeven, do a google search on "how to use a tap and die", you'll get a few tech pages with pics that will be invaluable in helping you.

Lol, I went to Pepboys yesterday, and picked up a nice tap and die set for about $30. Went home, took out the 10mm x 1.25mm tap, loaded it in it's little hand tapper-twisteroo thingy and started it in. About a minute later it was done, and the bolt (which was fine, high grade SS afterall...) threaded in perfectly fine. It couldn't have been easier. Taps are now one of my favorite tools, lol. I didn't use any Tap-ease or anything though, but it seemed to turn out just fine.



Thanks for all your help guys. https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...1047683827.gif

another one bites the dust LOL https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...DIR#>/wink.png

I don't get it? https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...R#>/unsure.png

Maybe he didn't read where you fixed it.

congrats and good work there zen. im happy for you. even though i didnt give you any help. i wish i could have though. this site is the best, theres so many helpfull and intelligent people on this forum. i love it. https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/bigok.gif

Tru dat.