Miata Mailing List: March 1997, Message #236
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Subject: Re: Anti-Frankenstein bolt install problems

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Previously on Anti-Frankenstein bolt install problems, Bilner

 said...



> I got the two bolts from Roebuck to replace the "Frankenstein" bolts. The

> one on the driver's side came out OK, but when I threaded the new bolt in,

> it didn't go down as low as the existing rearward one, and it sticks up

> above the surface of the chrome plate and looks a little funny. Should I

> try replacing it without the washer it came with?



I didn't fight it, the new bolts are a lot lower than the hardtop posts, but I

was lazy.  If you get good results by removing the teflon washers, let me

know.  I might try it.  To those wondering, the washers don't just slip off, I

think you have to cut them off, or at least unscrew them.



> When I went to remove the passenger's side F-bolt, just the top of the bolt

> came off, leaving a threaded stud sticking out of the chrome plate. How do

> I get that sucker loose to remove it and replace it with the regular bolt?



Go down to the local hardware store and get 2 nuts of the same size and pitch

as the bolt (use the other post as a sample).  Run one nut down on the post

and follow with the second one.  Tighten the two nuts against each other and

use a wrench to turn the bottom nut.  This should extract the bolt.



	-John