A friend of mine installed T1R front bump steer on my car for me. After having it for few months, I decided to take it off since I didn't like the feel of the car. After getting all the bolts out and putting back the OEM bolts, I noticed that one of nut (attached/part of the subframe) that the bolt screws onto has totally been cross-threaded. Its the one thats on driver side towards the bumper side. So there is about 2mm of gap between the steering rack hole and the bolt. It doesn't screw in any further since the nut is cross-threaded. I used a locking washer to fill up the gap so its on their pretty good without any gaps and bolted down. I'm guessing this happened when my friend was trying to force one of the bolts into the subframe. He had used an impact gun.

Is it okay to drive and track my car? All three bolts went in fine without any issues. Again as mentioned, the other bolt has a thicker washer in it to tighten it up. Would I need to get a new front subframe or can I just replace that nut thats attached to the subframe? Hope this makes sense.

 

I wouldn't trust it.Use a chase tap on the subframe and get a new bolt.

 

What's a chase tap? Also is it an expensive fix?

 

A chase tap is used to clean out the threads. You screw it into the bolt hole like a bolt and it recuts them. Shouldn't cost you more than $20. If you don't rethread it, and the threads are too weak, you will rip them out when the bolt pulls out. Just google "how to tap a bolt hole" or something like that. use some oil too.