Craigar Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 The AC on this car hasn't worked anyways (and I'm in L.A. so not too hot (yet) ) and it felt solid even with this broke off bolt (level with the head) before moving the AC & its bracket out of the way to do the timing belts & front seals. Maybe this bolt doesn't matter unless I'm going to be off-road and doing cartwheels (don't have any bolts holding my battery either). should I try to get it out & put in a new bolt - or try something crazy like drilling a smaller hole in the center of this broken bolt and tapping it & use a smaller bolt - or forget about it ? Any other ideas welcome also - of course I could/maybe should remove the entire AC & run smaller belts? slid unbolted AC over about 1/4 inch for clarity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idosubaru Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 Ignore it and carry on, it doesn't matter at all, you can even offroad and do your cartwheels. The fasteners used for the accessory brackets far exceed any forces they'll ever experience. You can easily lift the engine and trans with the accessory brackets with no worries. No way they'll ever see loads even remotely close to that while performing their normal functions in the engine bay. I have routinely not installed all the accessory bracket bolts on my daily drivers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craigar Posted November 12, 2018 Author Share Posted November 12, 2018 (edited) Quote Ignore it and carry on, it doesn't matter at all, you can even offroad and do your cartwheels. .. I'm sure your right, but I didn't see your good response - Thanks! & it came out easy following suggestions here - with a slight little different twist on my part https://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/topic/35018-easy-out-procedure/?tab=comments#comment-283038 Quote 1st Liquid wench, then followed suggestion here & got left handed drills, drilled a small hole about 1/2 inch deep - but the next one LH in the $12 set was too big so got a right handed drill 2 sizes larger and cocked drill motor to the right to compensate for previous hole being a little too far to the right - started slow and "all the sudden it looked like bolt HAD GONE IN FURTHER -about 1 turn.. stopped & got a steak knife, stuck it in my now chamfered looking hole, twisted CCW and it backed out! Edited November 12, 2018 by Craigar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazyeights Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 Sweet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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