Thread: Crossmember bolts stripped/damaged

Why I've always pulled motors from the top

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These 4 bolts are just a pain you have to be so careful and line it up 90% of messed up ones come from bad swaps. I've seen so many SE-Rs and you get the thing up in the air and look at those bolts the first time and you know..... some chowder-head in the past just made your life a lot harder.

If you take the engine out the top this is easy and you don't have to worry but I just think that is so much harder. Even with a leveler.

Back ot I drilled my lower rad suport and put some bolts through once it works fine. I used to check it every week just to make sure but it holds and doesn't shift. The trick is to get a thick bolt and a small stack of washers to approximate the weight distribution.

I could see this setup maybe slipping under heavy track use with a lot of weight and turns at like 100mph but then I'd just have it welded up there. It would cost almost nothing.

i just make a hole removed stock nuts and used a big washer with a new bolt and nut and after i tight it, just did some solder to the nut and washer not bolt and works PERFECT for the past years! and have been removed lots of times!