Starter Bolts - Size for replacements?

[treed2 at wsu.edu (T. Reed)]

Since we're on the subject of starter bolts..

I got under my car yesterday and discovered (to my horror) that my lower
starter bolt was completely backed out and dangling from the ground wire
normally attached to it. Who knows how long it has been that way - but it
must have been at least a few miles because the threads were chewed up
pretty bad and I had to run them through a die before they would accept a nut.

That explains the brief recurrance of my starting issues; and the tingle-y
noise I had been hearing as I drove slowly around the block with the
windows down. I thought maybe a drivetrain or suspension component was
making that noise. Heh!

-Toby

On Thu, 18 Mar 2004, T Berk wrote:

> Allyn wrote:
> > $5 says they didnt have the correct 12-point driver to remove those bolts.
> > they are a dealer only item, and the shop should be covering the cost if
> > they are in fact stripped, since i bet the shop is responsible for the
> > stripping.
> > Al
> >
>
>
> My 1st thought was "they *stripped* the starter bolts?"
>
> Bastaaaardes' <sayed with a Castillian accent>
>
> They stripped them because they didn't have the liquid wrench it would
> take to get the bolt out, and/or the right tool (more likely).
>
> You don't need to source Scirocco specific bolts, you can get the hex
> cap headed bolts used in other models.
>
> Es Stupido! (No, I don't really speak Spanish, can't you tell?)
>
> Be sure to get back all your old parts. In fact go in and look at the
> mechs. Don't *say* anything, just glare at them until they get nervous.
>
>
> TBerk
>