Bigretardhead

I broke one of the four bolts on the strut towers. I was going to torque them after I took off my strut tower brace, so I started to tighten to 26 ft.lbs.
It seemed way too much for 26, and then it broke.
I was confused. I looked at the torque wrench and it was set at 46ft.lbs. oh crap. I'm an idiot.

so what should I do now? can I drive it like this?
I put a bolt on what was left but it only held like 5 ft.lbs.

picazo505

I see why u got that Forum name j/k

kristopher_d

go to a hardware store and get yourself a set of back-outs for your electric drill. Use a real drill bit to drill the center out of the remaining shank, use a hammer to set the correct sized back-out, tighten the chuck on your drill, and back the bolt out for replacement.

Bigretardhead

thanks for the info! just have to wait till monday for the hardware store to open.

HeavyFoot86

geez...you big retard head...how could you do such a thing?

But seriously. do what kristopher said

good luck