Millsy088

hi there, so after putting my subframe back in i must have put the washer on the wrong side of this bolt, can i just undo that bolt and try and pry the washer out so i can put it on the other side and then check the tightness of the main 4 subframe bolts or will that throw off the suspension or something? i really hope i dont have to take the subframe out as i noticed this on the final check before i start and drive the car

the one where i believe the washer is in the wrong spot

the other side (right side) where i believe i got it right

sdaidoji

iTrader: (1)

see the darker mark where you don't have dirty?
that's where the washer used to be. so wrong side.
I would fix that...

Millsy088

Yes yes of course but I'm asking if I have to drop the whole subframe or if I can undo the bolt, then try and slide the washer out with a screwdriver or something as I imagine it could be in there tight, I reckon I could do that but would that minor adjustment mess with the alignment of the subframe or suspension?

sdaidoji

iTrader: (1)

you can loosen or just that one and try, if not, loosen all the bolts and try again

Colin42

Loosen all the bolts, remove the wrong one and fix

Millsy088

So I can loosen all the subframe bolts with out it dropping down?

sdaidoji

iTrader: (1)

we said loosen, not remove...

Millsy088

Yep too easy, I did all that, had to remove the engine mounts on the subframe but it did end up working thanks!

BrotatoChip

That bolts to a bracket, that bracket bolts to the "frame". Can't you just loosen the two bolts holding that bracket to the body to get the washer out?

Millsy088

in retrospect I probably could have, however, the washer was being a real pain and getting jammed on the bolt, stopping me from removing it, so I dropped the subframe low enough to the point where the washer would clear it, although I probably could have tried to remove the bracket from the body first, would have saved me a fair bit of time haha