Before I go mental, pinch bolt help! - Page 4

Sector-9 · 12th April 2017, 12:24

I had a mobile mechanic out to replace the snapped spring on my tourer about a month ago. He was going to replace both sides but said he couldn't undo the RH pinch bolt with just oil and breaker bar/impact wrench - it needed heat and being mobile he couldn't carry gas torches. Thankfully he could undo the one side that had the broken spring so I then drove it to a garage to have them do the other side.

Walter · 12th April 2017, 12:31

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Originally Posted by Juego

Yeah I've done that before when I worked in a garage, it's too close to brake lines and wires though for heat lol

Any updates, did you manage to change springs then

Avulon · 12th April 2017, 14:24

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Originally Posted by Sector-9

I had a mobile mechanic out to replace the snapped spring on my tourer about a month ago. He was going to replace both sides but said he couldn't undo the RH pinch bolt with just oil and breaker bar/impact wrench - it needed heat and being mobile he couldn't carry gas torches. Thankfully he could undo the one side that had the broken spring so I then drove it to a garage to have them do the other side.

I don't see how carrying a small blowtorch can be that difficult

. Sure, carrying large gas bottles around requires vehicle being equipped and labelled properly. But if a small blowtorch will do just as well...

Juego · 12th April 2017, 18:42

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Originally Posted by Walter

Any updates, did you manage to change springs then

Nope cars lying outside the house on an axle stand, had the weather against me here and also working nights I ended up sleeping all day Tuesday and today it was raining on and off. Decided to leave them and wait until I have the money for the lowering springs. Gonna get the air grinder out and cut the end off the spring so I can put the car back up the driveway without damaging the tyre completely.

Walter · 12th April 2017, 19:22

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Originally Posted by Juego

Nope cars lying outside the house on an axle stand, had the weather against me here and also working nights I ended up sleeping all day Tuesday and today it was raining on and off. Decided to leave them and wait until I have the money for the lowering springs. Gonna get the air grinder out and cut the end off the spring so I can put the car back up the driveway without damaging the tyre completely.

Put skinny wheel on, then if it knacks nothing lost

Juego · 12th April 2017, 19:35

Nah it doesn't take long with the air grinder the cut off the bit of the spring that's hanging down, I done it with my ZT-T. The tyre is knackered and needs replaced but it saves it from bursting right through it.

The skinny tyre has never been used so I wanna keep it that way lol

hortonds · 13th April 2017, 02:04

I used the grip-tite sockets which grip on the flats, not the corners. I used a long 1/2" wrench for leverage but both came out fairly easily. As you can see from the photo they were well and truly thread corroded.

https://goo.gl/photos/5TVpSuRu2GNWUsDX6

Mike Noc · 13th April 2017, 08:50

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Originally Posted by hortonds

I used the grip-tite sockets which grip on the flats, not the corners. I used a long 1/2" wrench for leverage but both came out fairly easily. As you can see from the photo they were well and truly thread corroded.

https://goo.gl/photos/5TVpSuRu2GNWUsDX6

You were lucky there - they can be far more seized in than yours.

Juego · 13th April 2017, 13:33

Gonna just heat them up and spray them with penetrating fluid, will do it a couple of times. Cars not making POL though so air grinder is coming out and then I'll move the car back into the driveway until it gets it's lowering springs. Hopefully have it back on the road by the end of May as I wanna take it away with me for my birthday!

What would happen if I drill through to remove the thread and convert them to a nut and bolt set up?

Walter · 13th April 2017, 13:49

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Originally Posted by Juego

Gonna just heat them up and spray them with penetrating fluid, will do it a couple of times. Cars not making POL though so air grinder is coming out and then I'll move the car back into the driveway until it gets it's lowering springs. Hopefully have it back on the road by the end of May as I wanna take it away with me for my birthday!

What would happen if I drill through to remove the thread and convert them to a nut and bolt set up?

Perhaps taking complete hub off car and taking to someone with oxy/acetelene to give it good red hot roasting would be easier ?

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Sector-9 Gets stuck in Rover 75 CDT manual Tourer Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: nr. Mansfield Posts: 767 Thanks: 24 Thanked 182 Times in 137 Posts	I had a mobile mechanic out to replace the snapped spring on my tourer about a month ago. He was going to replace both sides but said he couldn't undo the RH pinch bolt with just oil and breaker bar/impact wrench - it needed heat and being mobile he couldn't carry gas torches. Thankfully he could undo the one side that had the broken spring so I then drove it to a garage to have them do the other side. __________________ Free fault codes scan/clear (TOAF) - M1 J27 area

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hortonds Avid contributor Rover 75 CDTI Tourer Automatic Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Dunstable Posts: 196 Thanks: 4 Thanked 31 Times in 22 Posts	I used the grip-tite sockets which grip on the flats, not the corners. I used a long 1/2" wrench for leverage but both came out fairly easily. As you can see from the photo they were well and truly thread corroded. https://goo.gl/photos/5TVpSuRu2GNWUsDX6 __________________ 300,000 miles and back on the road Jobs done: Everything you can possibly imagine ... I have the "Triggers Broom" of cars.

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Juego Gets stuck in Skoda Superb Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Hamilton Posts: 691 Thanks: 212 Thanked 96 Times in 85 Posts	Nah it doesn't take long with the air grinder the cut off the bit of the spring that's hanging down, I done it with my ZT-T. The tyre is knackered and needs replaced but it saves it from bursting right through it. The skinny tyre has never been used so I wanna keep it that way lol

13th April 2017, 13:33	#39
Juego Gets stuck in Skoda Superb Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Hamilton Posts: 691 Thanks: 212 Thanked 96 Times in 85 Posts	Gonna just heat them up and spray them with penetrating fluid, will do it a couple of times. Cars not making POL though so air grinder is coming out and then I'll move the car back into the driveway until it gets it's lowering springs. Hopefully have it back on the road by the end of May as I wanna take it away with me for my birthday! What would happen if I drill through to remove the thread and convert them to a nut and bolt set up?