Frustration................A W-body owners life!

[LuminaPower92]

Hows it going, I just got doing all my mounts - Engine, Tranny and Dogbones all GM Factory Parts

 

The reason my car was making a clunk when i put it into drive or reverse

I replaced all, because why not, and it needed it, specially the motor mount, but it still did it

 

I checked my cradle mounts and the left front cradle mount will not tighten. Now i would replace all the mounts but can you replace the nut that the bolt tightens into and what kind of job is it. The mounts all took me a good hour and half but unsure with these what im looking at.

 

Any info would be great, my car is a 1992 Chevy Lumina Sedan

 

Thanks

Brian

[Crazy K]

is the nut actually bad???

 

the nut is inside the front frame rail of the car. there is a nearby access hole, but the easit thing.... is to remove the bumper and the bumper structure, and you will have full access to the nut, which is actually not a 'nut', but rather a caged diamond shaped piece of plate steel with a hole drilled and tapped into it.

 

 

I would see it you can remove the bolt first!

 

 

[5speedz34]

I had the rear driver's side nut in my old lumina stripped out. I didn't do the work a friend of mine did it for me. IIRC the nut was retapped, and that worked for me.

 

So the bolt doesn't get tight? Is that what your saying?

[LuminaPower92]

yeah thats what it seemed like, it doesnt get tight, just turns, sounds like something loose or rattling when you try to tighten it.

 

it is loose now, thats why i have that bad Clunk

 

Actually i just checked it, i felt the top of the "nut" on top where it mounts into, and it seems like some of the bolt is there, maybe broken off?