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R34 Gtr Rear Strut Brace/bulkhead Plate Bolts

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Hello All.

I'm after some information from someone in the know. I recently had to change the battery in my R34 GTR. As part of this I had to remove the large plate/strut brace located in the boot - by the looks of it it ties the rear suspension towers/chassis together.

Anyway to cut a long story short one of the "long" (longitudinal) bolts which screw in to the bulkhead beneath the shelf the battery and fuse box sits on now no longer tightens up - its actually the right hand upper one (there are four). It also wont screw back out which is a major pain. :P

It feels like a captive nut on the other end is spinning rather than it being stripped. My question is where is the end of these bolts or what do they screw in to?? Looking from underneath I'd say they come out behind the fuel tank somewhere?

I've had a search through the forums and cant find anyone with a similar problem unfortunately.

I hope this makes sense.

All help gratefully appreciated.

regards

Andrew

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http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/Ch...;hl=R34+battery

Post #6 by Richard ie. Beer_Baron: PM him if need be...

Thanks Terry,

Checked the post out. same area I'm talking about but thats a battery change procedure?

The battery is changed - I removed the rear plate/bulkhead/strutbrace no problem but now I'm putting it all back together and for some reason one of the bolts wont tighten up (and I wont be able to remove it in future when I need to get this bit out again). I need to know where the "nut" end of these bolts are and how I access them to repair it.

I need some information from someone who has had the rear subframe/fuel tank/diff out one of these cars or a panel beater who has had to repair one I suspect. You'd think finding the end of some bolts which screw in to a bulkhead wouldn't be that hard but looking from underneath there's a lot of gear packed in there.

Its a real pain how these simple jobs turn in to complex ones so quickly.

All help appreciated. Thanks again.

regards

Andrew

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I know my original post was a while back but I'm still after an answer to this question - the time has come to pull this apart again and the bolt I was asking about still wont move in or out - just spins.

I just tried a rattle gun on it with no luck.

Is the "female" side of this thread accessible up under the car - it appaers to be above the rear subframe there somewhere?

I have a pic - just need to work out how to add it to this thread.

Failing accessing it can I just remove the head of the bolt and continue?

All help appreciated.

regards

Andrew

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Yep grab a pair of long nose or better yet bent long nose and wiggle it behind it if you can and start undoing it.

One of my cross member bolts are the same had to do it like this to get it out.

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