Stripped torque arm bolts.
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Stripped torque arm bolts. Well i kept hearing a rattle underneath the car. I then noticed that my torque arm bolts that are going into the diff housing are halfway out. (i also heard a popping sound when taking sharp turns sometimes. Im pretty sure that this is the noise of bolts backing out.) I went underneath the car to tighten them up only to dissapointment.....they never tightened. I cant even get them back out. I have just bolts that turn and go nowhere. I need a solution for this. I have a 97 model by the way(older style), being i think that LS1 cars had studs. Any help would be cool.
If you're talking about the 2 big bolts that go through the torque arm and diff housing: they are through bolts right? With a nut on the end? Maybe you're just spinning the bolt/nut. You need to get a wrench up on top of the housing and a wrench below.
edit: I don't know the torque specs, I just tightened the crap out of them.
edit: I don't know the torque specs, I just tightened the crap out of them.
Hmm... Maybe try and post over at www.camaroz28.com forum.
They've got a pretty active drivetrain section and the site has members with all model year f-bodies. I bet someone over there will be familiar with the problem.
Good luck
They've got a pretty active drivetrain section and the site has members with all model year f-bodies. I bet someone over there will be familiar with the problem.
Good luck
