jroca

I've been doing maintenance trying to restore power to my TL.
When I was jacking my car up to replace the struts I noticed my engine floating up and down up and down! The two bolts holding it on the passenger side are broken!!!! I know I have to get Grade A replacement bolts but where and what size do I need. Not only do I need to do that but I need to somehow take those pieces that are stuck way down in the thread.
Anyone have any knowledge, tips or anything that can help me out replacing these bolts?

NetGnome

Your engine mounts probably need replacing as well.

Jesstzn

Will be Grade 8 not grade "A"

justnspace

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I told you it wasnt your throttle body. lol

jroca

Yeah, yeah. Haha. It was a nightmare getting the bracket and the broken bolts out.

Would you happen to know why I hear squeaking when I go over bumps? I replaced the from struts while I was at it...

jroca

*front struts

justnspace

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finding a squeak with the suspension is the HARDEST thing to do.

realize that the suspension is metal and the frame is metal. what happens when metal rubs on metal?

Squeaks!!!!!!

so, unless you can isolate the noise to a VERY specific spot, you're not likely to ever cure it.

even dealers and other car manufactures have a hard time fixing squeaks with suspension.

my friend has a Merc C300. it squeaks. he has taken it to the dealer TONS of times.
but they cant find it.

WanaBeFaster

sounds like they suck, lol. no excuse for a dealer that "can't find the problem." i have seen tl's where people take bumps a little too hard and it will break the two motor mount bolts.

bauermd

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I have had an issue with my car running bad for almost a year now and its been to 3 different acura dealerships and they still have not figured it out.

justnspace

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all of my car friends dont worry about squeaks...

because they know they cant find or isolate them either.
it's so hard.

because basically the whole car is metal.
like finding a needle in a haystack

jroca

Nah, fudge that. My car buddy and I have always fixed any problems with our cars. I just hope this rain holds off this weekend so I can work on it. I'll keep you guys updated fo sho!

WanaBeFaster

That's not true. I've been a technician for 6 years and have yet to look for a noise i didn't find. My dealership doesnt allow you to say "i don't know" or "i can't find it"

jroca

One of the problems solved but not yet fixed due to weather and exams. Ive been driving my mother's sweet ass Hyundai Elantra

The aftermarket struts had a bit longer bolt on top so it was the ends of my sway bar (is that what you call it?) bouncing on top of my struts. Plan to saw bolts down to proper length and get rubbed caps to put on top and hopefully this will be the proper fix.

BUT...what the hell, I use to get around 360 miles to a tank and now even with all that I did to my car, I am still lucky to only get 280-300 miles out of one tank!!

Aman

Is your suspension sound more a "squeak" or a "clunk"? I'd bet a suspension bushing or two is nearing the end of its life. Not uncommon at that mileage!

jroca

Sorry, my car part vocabulary is not so good. The rubber parts I mentioned at the top of the struts that is covered by the ends of my sway bar.....are those the bushings you speak of?

jroca

Also, what is the part number for those strut bushings...?

Aman

There are a few that can go bad - the most common are control arm bushings.

I wouldn't know the part number for those - stop by your Acura dealer they should be able to pull them for you.

jroca

So it turns out that it was just the rubber bushings! It was a bitch taking the struts on and off on and off! the clunking sound was a defected strut. The thick washer on top of the strut went all the way down the rod instead of resting on the widening section of it. But that damn squeaking came from old rubber bushings. All we did was replace them with a bit of grease.
Ridin smooth without an annoying clunk or squeak!

Thanks everyone!

Aman

That's great!