threaded mess

[triple j]

u will need the 2 nuts man it will blow out like fuck.

 

[dark_knight]

i think he meant that he needed only to remove the bad one while retaining the other OEM one, which i presume is not buggered..?

 

[malcolmgt]

Good job, it could well be the nuts that were used on the studs had a different thread and thats what stripped them. Test fit the nuts you plan to use first to make sure they are right.

have done, got some self locking ones now too.

u will need the 2 nuts man it will blow out like fuck.

have done,

i think he meant that he needed only to remove the bad one while retaining the other OEM one, which i presume is not buggered..?

spot on, both came out after some more man power.
just need to get the others in now without ruining them

 

[triple j]

sound man, make sure u run the new bolt in and out before u put pipe on just to be safe u no