Rear Heat Shield

Trev22 · 19th August 2015, 09:23

Hi, my rear heat shield has broken away form the 2 side mounting bolts (1 either side) and I think I can fix quite easily. All I really need to do, is remove the 2 bolts, find a large washer bigger than the current hole and re-connect. My question is would it matter what type of metal the washers were made of given that this is a heat shield? Thanks.

trikey · 19th August 2015, 09:27

Any washers will be fine, I use plastic coated ones and they have never suffered, plenty of penetrating oil on the bolts, they have sometimes known to be fragile.

19th August 2015, 09:23	#1
Trev22 Regular poster Rover 75 Connoisseur Saloon 2.0 Diesel CDTI Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Grays Posts: 79 Thanks: 19 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Rear Heat Shield Hi, my rear heat shield has broken away form the 2 side mounting bolts (1 either side) and I think I can fix quite easily. All I really need to do, is remove the 2 bolts, find a large washer bigger than the current hole and re-connect. My question is would it matter what type of metal the washers were made of given that this is a heat shield? Thanks.

19th August 2015, 09:27	#2
trikey Premium Trader Rover 75 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Devon Posts: 33,774 Thanks: 8,837 Thanked 14,831 Times in 8,030 Posts	Any washers will be fine, I use plastic coated ones and they have never suffered, plenty of penetrating oil on the bolts, they have sometimes known to be fragile. __________________ Lest we forget..