tension rod bracket bolt question

[Jayson240]

hey all,

i was wondering how to access a certain bolt on the tension rod bracket closest to the LCA. it feels like it's held on the other side by a nut or something. i looked around from the bottom and under the hood and can't find an access point to the other side of the bolt. the FSM says that it's supposed to be a nut and the other two connections on the t/c bracket
to the frame are bolts (FA-4). car is a 92' 240sx.




thanks!
Jayson.

[nifares240]

ever tried to DC the sway bar first. try taking apart the caster arms.

[Jayson240]

oh sorry i forgot to mention that i need to tighten it. the gap from the bracket and the frame is how it looked when i jacked the car up. the bolt is just wiggling loosely and i can't figure out how to access the other side to tighten it down.

[corn322]

I don't think need to get to the other side of it. It should have a nut welded to the frame that it screws into. Now if that nut broke off somehow, it would never tighten.

[biggie]

If the welded nut inside the frame rail has come loose, then use a screwdriver or something to stick in one of the holes on the side of the frame rail to press against it and hold it down. I have one like that on my coupe.

Otherwise for a more perm solution, maybe 2 options:
-Cut the frame rail, weld the nut, and then weld the section back in (probably with some bracing to be safe)
-Weld in a stud and use a nut on it.

[Jayson240]

ah. so there is a welded nut! it seems that it has broken loose. i'll get on that..

thank you for your help.