Last week I was under my 2004 TJ just to take a look at how I was going to drop my gas tank, put in a new fuel pump assembly and install my new rear Dirtworx bumper and tire carrier.
I noticed that the passenger rear shock bolt washer (the one closest to the wheel) was loose and I could spin it with my finger. I tried to tighten and loosen it, but it just kept spinning.
I brought it to the business that did the install. I waited about an hour. They said they retorqued everything and it's ready to go. I checked the washer and it was still loose. The owners son got the technician to come out and tell me what he did. The tech said he put another nut on top of the installed nut...that is sitting on a partial piece of the original manufactured welded nut.
He confirmed it's safe even though I could spin the washer. He told me he would have to air hammer/chisel the nut off. I asked him why it wasn't done in November during the install that I paid for. He got frustrated with my questions and let me know all the work that would need to be done to remedy this situation and that he fixed all four bolts that snapped....he didn't fix them, he rigged them.
It appears they may have tried to drill out the original nut and bolt. They ended up butting up another nut and bolt beside it.
So I will fix it myself. After taking a Dremel with a cut off wheel and pounding the nut off. It appears what was once one hole ,is oblong now. What would you do?
Could I still put in the original size bolt and nut and tighten it down?
I noticed that the passenger rear shock bolt washer (the one closest to the wheel) was loose and I could spin it with my finger. I tried to tighten and loosen it, but it just kept spinning.
I brought it to the business that did the install. I waited about an hour. They said they retorqued everything and it's ready to go. I checked the washer and it was still loose. The owners son got the technician to come out and tell me what he did. The tech said he put another nut on top of the installed nut...that is sitting on a partial piece of the original manufactured welded nut.
He confirmed it's safe even though I could spin the washer. He told me he would have to air hammer/chisel the nut off. I asked him why it wasn't done in November during the install that I paid for. He got frustrated with my questions and let me know all the work that would need to be done to remedy this situation and that he fixed all four bolts that snapped....he didn't fix them, he rigged them.
It appears they may have tried to drill out the original nut and bolt. They ended up butting up another nut and bolt beside it.
So I will fix it myself. After taking a Dremel with a cut off wheel and pounding the nut off. It appears what was once one hole ,is oblong now. What would you do?
Could I still put in the original size bolt and nut and tighten it down?
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