rear axle and torque tube

opelgtmaster3 · 04-13-2004

the mount on the torque tube as pulled out the bolts that hold the torque tube up have popped out. the threads were pulled out too. now i cant drive my baby. its stuck at my work. how do i fix this? the thread for the bolts are gone, so i cant put a bigger bolt in it. because their are no threads i have no idea hoe this happened. all i was doing was driving and all of a sudden bam. scared me half to death. can some please help me. my poor baby is sitting all a lone. and shes broken.

davegt27 · 04-13-2004

replace the Torque tube that should fix it

davegt27

opelearthquake · 04-13-2004

Yu can try to put in helicoils, because it sounds like you stripped out the treads. I would call a tow truck, I doubt you want to work on it in a parking lot.

nobody · 04-13-2004

I kind of like where she is sitting, nice boss. I would jack the car up and then jack the torque tube into place. Take a drill and drill through were the bolt goes. For the time being I would just nut it on the inside just behind your seat. Then when time permits you can weld in the nut to make the fix permanent. I have seen that car before and it does look nice by the way.

davegt27 · 04-14-2004

want me to look and see if i have an extra Torque tube?

i was thinking of mybe heading down to Pueblo to watch the SCCA race this weekend

davegt27

opelgtmaster3 · 04-14-2004

thanks for all of the help but i allready got the car fixed. it took about 8 hours to do. what i did was drill some holes that are about 2 inches big
right be hind the driver and passenger seats. thats how i got to the nuts
the nuts were pulled allthe way through the bottom of the car. i hope i never have to do that again. thanks guys

04-13-2004	#1 (permalink)
opelgtmaster3 Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: pueblo colorado Posts: 186	Unanswered: rear axle and torque tube the mount on the torque tube as pulled out the bolts that hold the torque tube up have popped out. the threads were pulled out too. now i cant drive my baby. its stuck at my work. how do i fix this? the thread for the bolts are gone, so i cant put a bigger bolt in it. because their are no threads i have no idea hoe this happened. all i was doing was driving and all of a sudden bam. scared me half to death. can some please help me. my poor baby is sitting all a lone. and shes broken.

04-14-2004	#6 (permalink)
opelgtmaster3 Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: pueblo colorado Posts: 186	rear axle and torque tube thanks for all of the help but i allready got the car fixed. it took about 8 hours to do. what i did was drill some holes that are about 2 inches big right be hind the driver and passenger seats. thats how i got to the nuts the nuts were pulled allthe way through the bottom of the car. i hope i never have to do that again. thanks guys

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04-13-2004	#2 (permalink)
davegt27 Certified Opelholic Join Date: May 2002 Location: Aurora, CO Posts: 936 Real Name: joe blow Provided Answers: 1	replace the Torque tube that should fix it davegt27

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opelearthquake Opeler Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Kingston, Idaho Posts: 9	Yu can try to put in helicoils, because it sounds like you stripped out the treads. I would call a tow truck, I doubt you want to work on it in a parking lot.

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nobody No Access Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: in transit Posts: 3,873 Provided Answers: 1	I kind of like where she is sitting, nice boss. I would jack the car up and then jack the torque tube into place. Take a drill and drill through were the bolt goes. For the time being I would just nut it on the inside just behind your seat. Then when time permits you can weld in the nut to make the fix permanent. I have seen that car before and it does look nice by the way.

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davegt27 Certified Opelholic Join Date: May 2002 Location: Aurora, CO Posts: 936 Real Name: joe blow Provided Answers: 1	want me to look and see if i have an extra Torque tube? i was thinking of mybe heading down to Pueblo to watch the SCCA race this weekend davegt27

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