Hello guys

I searched around the forum a bit and couldn't find a thread with this problem.

So I bought a set of hood dampers. These have a plate that bolts on the inner screw at the back of the hood.
After trying to make it fit (had to screw it in and out a couple of times to get the right fitment) unfortunately the bolt threads went bad and now I can't mount these and I have one less bolt on my hood.

If mazda had thought about that they would have made the hood accessible so we could just change the bad bolt and be done with it.
However, the bolt comes out from inside the hood so the only way to fix this would be to cut the hood there, replace the bolt somehow and then fabricate it back there?

Anybody had this problem?

Thanks in advance!

 

 

Yeah I might have done that silly me! So you suggest I try a longer nut? I think that with the damper plate on it there's like one or two threads and that is IF a bigger nut can reach those

 

 

 

 

I say "tap and chase" too.



-M

 

Worse case scenario, if you are unable to rethread the bolt holes consider drilling it out and fitting a rivnut. You don't need to purchase those special tools. You can just use a bolt, nut, washer, and a pair of wrenches. All you would need to buy is the appropriate sized rivnut(s). Just something else to consider if other options have failed. GL.

-groovin

 

^^ Unlikely, unless there's some low profile rivnut I've never come across. Usual M8 rivnut is about 10~12mm tall uninstalled, which would put it through the bonnet. If the stud is terminal, might be able to give it a quick blast with the mig, quick once over tidy-up with a file or something, before trying to re-cut thread. Hardly a structural fastener, so won't matter any, just have to avoid too much heat for the paint.