Big Mistake, Need Help

Okay so I ended up chewing the bolt up on the catback. Where can I find one of these bolts/part number? I think it messed up the threads on the y-pipe too. How can I fix this?

 

You need to get a tap to correct the threads for the hole that corresponds to your mauled bolt. The bolt should be available from a dealer.

 

You might be able to chase the threads on the female end with a tap, but that bolt is smoked. Better call the dealer for the exact replacement, but you can probably get a temporary fix at the hardware store. It's going to be metric.

 

Would a muffler shop be able to rig me up with something or should I take it to the dealer?

 

God Damn!

You didn't feel that chewing up shit?

Always make sure the threads are clean and the threads are lined up properly ( this is esp true with exhaust systems ) before tightening. If it feels tight when screwing it in back it out and start over.

Get a new bolt assembly from the dealer or online.

I think that that yoke flange will need a thread insert or welded up and drilled and tapped. A tap may clean it up some, but it looks like toast to me and will be too weak for a proper torque even if it is cleaned up.

 

My mufflers hop is quick to fix that stuff cheap. Try one....

 

Next time suggest to use some penetrating oil!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CESDxCloCoQ

 

pull spring off that bolt. Go to the hardware store, get a bolt n nut thats the same length + a lil extra for the thickness of a new nut. Drill out flange holes. Use new bolt and nut with original spring, Tighten down so the spring is the same length as the non effed one.

Simple, cheap, easy effective.

 

Retap the hole (clean it up) and get a longer heat treated bolt long enough to add a nut and lock washer on the back side. Flat washer on the head then torque it down with the spring. Easy peasy!

 

Damn Sak, time to cut back on the protein & supplements.

 

After you run a tap through the flange, you might be able to get away with cutting down the bolt to just above where the thread is fucked up. Put a bevel on the end of the bolt and it should work, even if only temporarily.

 

I'm guessing, the last person who put that bolt in cross threaded it with an air impact gun!

 

I did the same thing. I just got a new bolt and nut. Easy as can be

 

You ever had one of those bastards that never wants to come out?

That's what 1" guns and welder are made for

 

Have you tried just using duct tape to keep your exhaust pipe together?

 

Hey OP I have a few those bolts laying in my tool box if you need them. It'll take a few days by snail mail though.

 

Actually, it was by hand with a 1/2 ratchet

 

DM coming your way

 

I suggest a slight difference from what others have recommended;

If the threads where the bolt drive into are NOT salvageable, then you want to get a replacement bolt that is long enough to fit TWO nuts on the end. The reason is that you are tightening it up against the spring, which means that there will be no positive lock when you "tighten" it. If you fit two nuts on it, then you can lock them together on the bolt.

 

ding ding ding, we have a winner!

you can also use a lock nut, but it has to be a deformed thread lock nut, since a nylon lock nut will just melt over time.