nimrod.sixty9

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In short, room mate borrowed car and got it stuck. It apparently didn't click that attaching a chain to the front end support bar would have been a bad idea.

I already plan to go to the JYard tomorrow morning to look for replacement parts; I don't want to even try bending the metal as I'm sure Ill never get the alignment quite right. I think I can get that all figured out just fine, its the bolting it back up I find to be an issue.

See pic of where the bolt was completely ripped out of the cross member.

Any ideas, advise, guidance would be greatly appreciated.

94'BLKBRD

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Find someone that can weld.

nimrod.sixty9

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I really dont want to weld on the bracket if I can help it. Im thinking that I could possibly drill a hole on the back side of the cross member and get a really long bolt that could go all the way through. Hopefully with the same thread as the current bolt so that I could use the metal piece that came though the cross member. This way it wouldnt be able to move around in the square hole. Good idea, bad idea?

nimrod.sixty9

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Any one else got something besides weld?

94'BLKBRD

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Never said weld the bracket on. Weld a small piece of metal over the hole and drill thru that.

nimrod.sixty9

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Err, sorry, Im slow sometimes. Still though, I dont know anyone who can weld. Even so, i think that would trow it off too much.

I just got back from the JYards and was able to find all the parts. So now Im going to try and run a long bolt all the way through. All I need to do is get it all apart and measure width and length.