1985 Monte Carlo SS known as Barney - Lateral-g Forums

SSLance · #1 01-21-2022, 08:46 PM

The nuts we tried to weld to the stud were so small they melted down before the weld would burn into the stud

Turns out, several drill bits and an easy out with assist from blue wrench was the answer.

New bolt procured and ready to put all back together now.

SuperB70 · #2 01-22-2022, 12:02 AM

I've noticed that those easy out taps are bad in same cases. They split and widen the bolt so its even more thighten.

Every place I can, now days I use tig to get those out. Little by little grow new crown to it, when its high enough weld a nut on and then comes the most important: then let it cool all the way. Dont try to turn even a little bit before. Will just broke the nut off.
Not so long ago, got a broken stud out off 6.0PSD head. Friend snapped one off when changing injector. You cant drill, you would have to remove the head. This way it was easy..

ScotI · #3 01-22-2022, 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by SSLance

The nuts we tried to weld to the stud were so small they melted down before the weld would burn into the stud

Turns out, several drill bits and an easy out with assist from blue wrench was the answer.

New bolt procured and ready to put all back together now.

Was that a GRADE-8 bolt that broke?

SSLance · #4 01-22-2022, 04:38 PM

No, 8.8 grade 8mm OEM bolt.

**syborg tt** · #5 01-23-2022, 10:24 AM

Have you ever tried the left hand drill bits as I have had great luck with them.

**WSSix** · #6 01-23-2022, 07:18 PM

Hawks third gen or Hawks performance, whatever he goes by now, has both the t bolt and fork now. I put new ones on my TA. Parts looked good when they arrived.

SSLance · #7 02-26-2022, 07:10 AM

Got some work done on the car this week with positive results all around. The LCA axle mounts have been lowered 1.5" and a brace was added between the UCA frame mount and the pass side spring tower. Here is how the geometry ended up.

I can now dump the clutch and send the car into a drift with virtually zero wheelhop, huge difference than before. The forward bite\grip seems to be much improved as well, but won't really be able to test that until I launch it at the start on hot tires at next event.

I also had Dr EFI go back through my Holley tune and clean up a couple of things and OMG is it better now!! Andrew is getting really good at this and with his touches in a few places and the restrictive tailpipe delete, this thing really came to life. Can't wait to show the LS powered, big tire guys how well it works March 13!!

ScotI · #8 02-26-2022, 04:42 PM

Glad to read you're netting POS results from the efforts. Looking forward to track-day updates!