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Originally Posted by marinabrian

I don't wish to alarm you too much, but I have come across a bodge to end all bodges in this area............

Some smartarse had knurdled the thread in a subframe fitted to a local members car, was it repaired properly? err no how about a tack weld to secure the bush to the subframe, and cut the head off the bolt and tack weld that to the bush

Quality workmanship at it's best

Seriously though you would not be able to wind an M14x1 bolt into the subframe cross threaded and you should persist as the only real alternative is to drop the subframe to improve access.

Brian

I remember that one well!