Have been battling this for a while now. Previous owners mechanic stripped the dickens out of the dreaded bastard bolt. It cost just a few pounds $6.85 usd to do this fix and a weekend.
I took pictures and will send in but it wa amazingly simple.
Mate of mine kept telling me to weld on a new bolt. Didn't like the idea of putting so much heat around power steering fluid plastic valve covers gaskets, etc. So I went to the local home improvement store and bought a two part metal epoxy called "JB weld", a 10 mm nut that fit a 19 mm socket and some of this "freezing" penetrating oil.
Put the oil on for a couple of days till I was able to find time to do the job. It took all of 10 min to mix the epoxy and set the new nut over the bolt head. Supported the nut while it cured with a chunk of packing material.
Next morning put the 19 mm socket on a breaker bar and vou la! jobs finally done.
Went down to the nut and bolt house and got a new bolt and some appropriate anti-seize. Unfortunately, going to the Cadillac dealership for parts is like going to an aids colony the bolt will cost you body parts and leave you feeling abused in the backside for weeks.
I was amazed out how simple this was to solve a miserable solution.
I did have to release the engine mounts and jack the motor on the passenger side then pull the power steering reservoir to have enough room to see, work and get tools in but at least I can finally cure my cooling problems by putting in the new thermostat.
Do have a question though, while doing the mounts I have noticed a green fluid coming out around the power steering pump. This is odd as DEX coolant is orange. I did have to get by using some standard green coolant (about a liter) to limp home one afternoon. It seems odd that it is exiting on the opposite side (passanger side) of the fill tank (drivers side) right hand drive car. Aside from "being alien ooze"
any idea what this might be?
Cheers,
BB
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Topic: Stripped &@$%@#% Bolt Solution (Read 697 times)