Underbody Service Panel

[iamwaywong]

Anyone else have trouble getting the screws off the service panel for an oil change? 2 out of the 4 came out smoothly and the remaining 2 screws towards the center of the car seemed to be completed ceased on my car. I had to drill out the heads unfortunately.

Anyone have tips on how to the get the remaining threaded portion of the screw out of the subframe inserts?

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[RP2000R]

Sand and dirt can make it harder to remove screws/clips. I usually tap the area a bit and turn screws back and forth to ease them out.

 

[iamwaywong]

Sand and dirt can make it harder to remove screws/clips. I usually tap the area a bit and turn screws back and forth to ease them out.

yep tried wacking them with a hammer and also spraying some WD-40. These screws did not budge! In the future I'll have to extract what's left if the screw body

 

[Jester04]

yep tried wacking them with a hammer and also spraying some WD-40. These screws did not budge! In the future I'll have to extract what's left if the screw body

Happened to me had to replace them, they were completely seized.

 

[Nothing]

Sounds like I'll need to add to my list of hardware and clips to have on hand soon. Are these actual metal screws and not body clips? Clips always break and they're not cheap.

On previous cars I just ended up going 3rd party. Cheaper to replace them every time than pay 5x more and breaks every other time. lol

 

[rBobby]

It is aluminum screws in to steel threads. I was able to get mine out with an impact driver. Put new ones in with anti seize.

 

[Shrapnel]

They really didn’t make it as easy as they could have to get access to that area on the FL5. I had a GR86 prior to my FL5 and miss how easy it was to change the oil on that car.

 

[PointByPatrol]

Same problem here. Used an impact screw driver and they came right out!

 

[iamwaywong]

Same problem here. Used an impact screw driver and they came right out!

I tried that as well but ended up stripping the head on the screw

 

[MSUGeoman]

Anyone have a source for replacements? One of my front screws went mia…

 

[Jester04]

Anyone have a source for replacements? One of my front screws went mia…

You can get them from Honda or amazon from a reseller.

 

[iamwaywong]

You can get them from Honda or amazon from a reseller.

anyone happen to have the exact part #?

 

[Jester04]

anyone happen to have the exact part #?

You can just use generic honda belly pan search and they should appear. I don’t have the part number with me but its where I found mine.

 

[MSUGeoman]

You can just use generic honda belly pan search and they should appear. I don’t have the part number with me but its where I found mine.

Nice, yep, lots of options on Amazon. Just ordered a complete set for 8 bucks, figure it’s good to have spares.

 

[Jester04]

Nice, yep, lots of options on Amazon. Just ordered a complete set for 8 bucks, figure it’s good to have spares.

When you do replace the bolts, put some antiseize on them.

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