HEEEELP! Am I The FIRST ONE Who Twist off This Screw on FR-S? Someone Help Me Plz.

[whataboutbob]

Drill a small hole in the broken stud, and get yourself an easyout bit. Take your time. Good luck.

[cobrabyte]

These bolts are weak. Very, very weak. I had a small torque wrench set to 12lb/ft, as per the spec, and I still spun it off.

I've not fixed it and am running a Hotchkis triangle-style strut bar that takes advantage of the larger strut bolts, so I'm not too, too concerned.

I feel your pain though. Almost brought a tear to my eye when it happened.

[chadstyle]

Originally Posted by cobrabyte

These bolts are weak. Very, very weak. I had a small torque wrench set to 12lb/ft, as per the spec, and I still spun it off.

I've not fixed it and am running a Hotchkis triangle-style strut bar that takes advantage of the larger strut bolts, so I'm not too, too concerned.

I feel your pain though. Almost brought a tear to my eye when it happened.

I've learned on these bolts to tighten by hand and just feel for it..I too have broken studs in the past well below the specified torque recommended so I've learned to use a little dab of thread lock and tighten very slowly with a short wrench in order not to break. You have a much better feel for it with a shorter wrench.