AHH! WTF??? Suspension issue..

[InSepsis]

So looking over my suspension I noticed this bad boy...


http://i338.photobucket.com/albums/n413/InSepsis/iPhone/eb43eee3.jpg


How safe is it to drive like this? and what can I do to fix, replace this so it's back to normal... the piece that is broken is attached to the camber plate and the coilover itself...

[omg its drunk scott.]

haha oh man, pwned. have you looked on the bottom of the camber plate to see if the bolts have splines/are pressed in, kinda like a wheel stud?

edit*
http://www.ddmtuning.com/images/products/230-sus-3592-ddm.jpg

it looks like you may be able to press/hammer it out and either call ddm to see if they have any, or find something that will suffice.

[InSepsis]

yeah, they are pressed in...

Can I get them out and replace them??

[omg its drunk scott.]

hit that shit with a hammer, its already fucked so just beat it out. idk what you could use to replace it though...

[DubstepDave]

you can get press-in studs at schucks, autozone, etc... just bring the piece from the old one in and get a new one. you snapped that off because you over-tightened it, torque specs are published for a reason.

[InSepsis]

^^ My torque wrench fucked up and broke... so I didn't have one and I swear I barely put ANY pressure on it and it just snapped.

[DubstepDave]

Those should only be torqued to like 15 ft/lbs or so, aka barely tightened at all. There aren't a whole lot of things on a car that get tightened super tight (lug bolts for instance are usually in the 80-100 ft/lb range for passenger vehicles, not tighten until you can't move them anymore).

[InSepsis]

I know... I am an idiot... we went over this already... :(

[bcool]

...the fuck you go and do that for?

[StanceSlyder]

:cry::cry::cry::rage:

[DICKARM]

Just drill a shitty knarly hole right next to the broken stud and put some shorty nut & bolt through. Done



Or have a new one pressed on you dingding

[DICKARM]

Scott, you still Rollin with those screwed up threads on the rear passenger shock?

[omg its drunk scott.]

shit yes

[DICKARM]

Awesome haha

[PyROO]

broooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[SRinside]

I cut my springs