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Originally Posted by //<86TA>\\
the bolts are still there, and they seem to be straight so i would think the housing is fine, just the extra slop caused the torque arm bracket to flex and break.
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Well after Favre and the Pack sealed the deal I went out and yanked the rear. The bottom two bolts holes are fine. The top bolt hole closest to the front the of the car is good, just slightly oblonged in the top two threads, but cleaned up nice with a thread chase and all threads are intact. The top rear bolt hole is screwed. The hole is still straight but the threads are either missing, pulled or otherwise damaged. I ran a thread cleaner down first and then tried to run a bolt down the hole by hand...no go....So I bust out the tap set and ran a bottoming tap (1/2x13) and worked it to the bottom. The hole cleaned up and now you can thread a bolt in by hand. Downside, half the treads are gone, so I doubt you could apply any any kind of torque or if you could I am sure it would either loosen up or pull completely out. I think I am gonna have to heli-coil it. I'll take pictures in the morning.
Chris