nightmare subframe horror

[pastures16]

had the car up on the ramps today for a pre mot inspection and noticed to my horror there was no bolt in the o/s/r front subframe so rang ben and ordered a new one
but in the meantime i had to put a non oe bolt in as the frame was 10mm away from the chassis but nothing the captive nut was spining
so rang ja from the lion garage in hinckley as i didnt want to take off the subframe took his advise by cutting a a hole in the inner wing and found the clip had come away from the captive nut thus is why it was spining

the hole i cut and where the bolt should go

[pastures16]

the square captive nut now welded to the inside of the chassis

[Ski]

yup had same issue, frighnening!

[Corey]

Seen it alot on the ur, I suppose it is only a matter of time before the same thing happens to the S2

[pastures16]

did you have to do the same thing ski
i felt like a butcher with the air chisel

[NoNonsense]

Yes, I've dealt with that twice on other B4 cars....and my car needs it right now, too. Last time I had the subframe down, it was loose, but I managed to retighten it although the nut was spinning because I didn't have time to get the welder out.
The car hasn't been driven since then, but I am going to try a new method....
I'm going to try using a hole-saw to cut her open this time. Then I'll go in and do the other front side, too.

[pastures16]

dont forget the inner wing is double skinned