thanks for the help Jerry. Have you ever heard of this happening before? it seems very odd to me. DO you think i have another problem that caused this? here is a pic of the one bolt i found, i hope i can find the rest without pulling the whole thing out...

http://community.webshots.com/photo/124372714/259812580lhqTvq


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