So...in my first go of car maintanence on the TSX I wanted to put in a new K&N air filter. After wrangling the cover off and putting the new one in, I managed to snap a bolt from over torquing when I was putting everything back together... (Yeah...i'm a real genius...) Now I have 3 bolts in there but things still seem pretty tight.

So, the question is...how do I get a new bolt in there ? Not too sure how to extract the remaining piece that's still in there....

thanks for any help to a newbie...

 

can you post pics of the "bolt" that you managed to snap off?

and don't worry about it...i've snapped the bolts on the spark plug cover before...

 

Here it is:



From here it looks like it's part #16. I'm guessing I need to somehow dig out the part of the bolt still stuck in the lower part of the box and put in a new one ?

 

I cracked the exact same bolt this weekend. Looks like the link to this part is broken. After doing a search iI can not find this bolt anywhere. Can anyone help me locate the air cleaner cover bolt?

 

90091-RAA-A00 BOLT-WASHER (5x28)

click here

 

Easy to replace...if you can get the remains out. Might be necessary to pull the lower box unit to get it, though. When I snapped mine, there was a little stub left sticking out...a couple of minutes and a vice grip later, it was out.

Try here, I couldn't link to the correct page...just go parts and air cleaner, http://estore.honda.com/

 

I just broke mine too today- any thoughts/ideas on how to get it out? Also, is it horrible that I am driving around with just 3 bolts in?

 

Driving with three bolts; horrible, no...smart, not long term.

As I noted. most snap with some protuding from the lower unit. Use a vice grip, and voila. Worst case, get a new-old airbox from a dismantler.