Broken brace at the rear near the exhaust

[Gilles]

Originally Posted by BoxsterInTheSun

This is super helpful! I'm still really struggling to find the bolts and brackets that go where I drew the 2 black arrows on the picture below though...can anyone help me with that?

The broken support bolts directly into the frame of your car, it does Not have any brackets, it uses two large bolts, you can use the one bolt that you removed as a sample to buy the missing bolt, any hardware place will have it, I am not 100% sure but the bolt size could be a metric (M10x1.5 with a 1.25 pitch..?), if I remember correctly the bolts that attach the diagonal braces to the suspension are the same size as your missing bolt

78F350 may have the support that was broken on your car, he has several disassembled cars

[78F350]

Originally Posted by Gilles

... 78F350 may have the support that was broken on your car, he has several disassembled cars

Yes and the bolts are M10x75mm with a 1.5 thread and a thick captive washer. If you buy a similar bolt, be sure to get a similar thickness washer.

[BoxsterInTheSun]

Originally Posted by 78F350

Yes and the bolts are M10x75mm with a 1.5 thread and a thick captive washer. If you buy a similar bolt, be sure to get a similar thickness washer.

These are exactly the bolts, thanks so much for your help!

I now have the new brace, and bolts, and was ready to put it back on the car. I'm really struggling though, there doesn't seem to be enough room vertically above the passenger side exhaust to get the brace in the right position. I'm not sure how tight this is all supposed to be so I'm reluctant to force the brace, and the exhaust down too much for fear of breaking something.

I might be figuring out why there was no brace there in the first place...

Any ideas, or tips and tricks to getting this new brace in?