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This just happened on my track car, but it wasn't due to an animal - my throttle pedal came off at turn 3 at Buttonwillow, thanks to the uber-durable engineering marvel that is the thin plastic piece serving as the hinge. I got the pedal back on with some jimmy-rigging, and ran another 15 minute session, but when I got back, the throttle stopped working, and I found the same codes on my read.

What did your dealer do? I tried to reset the codes, but they come right back...

I use two metods for stripped bolts - I have found that either trick will work most every time:

1. Use a dremel tool & grind out a slot across the stripped bolt head. Put the largest screwdriver you have in the slot & crank it. If you need more force, there is a tool called a manual impact driver - it's basicly a screw driver that twists when you smack the handle with a hammer - they carry them at the local ACE Hardware store.

2. Get a grade 8 nut - one where the threaded hole inside the nut is just about the same size as the stripped bolt head. Set the nut over top of the stripped bolt & tack weld the inside of the nut to the head of the stripped bolt. Turn the grade 8 nut with a wrench. Use a cheater bar if you need to.

I also have a Craftsman "easy out" tool kit from SEARS that fails most every time I try to use it for the purpose it is made for.

How about if the threads on the frame are stripped? My fronts both seem to be stripped. It's not the bolts, it's the threaded nut welded to the inside of the car frame. I think I'm dead meat - may have to re-tap it and use a larger bolt.