Motherf*&#@! Can it be fixed?

Bummer you're not in the valley, or I'd do it for you, too.

 

I thought you had to rethread the hole (oversize) to insert a heli-coil. At least the ones I have seen.

The knuckle would have to come apart to fit a tap handle. At least the ones I have seen.

I need to get out more...

 

next time just undo the upper control arm castle nut and zip tie the spindle to keep it in place. no need to undo all that extra stuff on the bottom

 

You could just move the ball-joint out of the way. The other bolts not stripped out, so just take it out, and spin the ball-joint around to where you could work on it.

 

After going to six different shops that refused to touch it due to it being too much of a "liability", I found a place that was able to help me out. At first the owner said he didn't have a tap big enough to help me, but when I happened to mention I had bought two replacement bolts just in case I needed them he got very happy. He asked if he could destroy one of the new bolts and use the other one to fix it. I told him as long as it is done right and I don't have to worry about it breaking.

So, he took out the bolt I jacked up:





Then made a tap out of one of the new bolts:






And now it is good as new. I did not know you could make a tap out of a bolt, but it worked like a charm. He was done in about 30 minutes and charged me $19!!!!!!!! In my 11 years of driving/working on my vehicles, this was the first time I had stripped or crossthreaded a bolt and I thought I was in for a big repair bill, so I am happier than a pig in sh*t that it was so easy/cheap to fix once I found someone to do it!!

 

I mean your gonna have too...fuck it lol

 

That's cool how he made the tap. Glad it worked out for ya.