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14th August 2019, 12:10 | #1 |
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Rear wheel arch liner removal - stud spinning
The rear wheel arch liners are held in place by 1 screw and 4 plastic nuts (#11 here). The nuts screw on to captive studs - 3 of them come off easily but the 4th (in the position arrowed below) doesn't because the stud spins with the nut.
The other end of the stud (it might be a bolt) is hidden and can't be reached to stop it spinning. Has anyone found a solution to this problem? I read a post by someone with the same problem last week, now I can't find it again. Plan A - be patient and wait for ideas. Plan B - rip the liner off by force. |
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14th August 2019, 16:27 | #3 |
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I've no particular experience of this but try..............
1.insert a thin bladed flat screwdriver between the nut and the liner and push in hard to press it against the bolt.This might hold the bolt just enough to turn the nut. 2.Split the nut by cutting into it with a Dremel (other small rotary tools are available) 3.Grind the nut away with a grindstone in your drill 4. if the end of the bolt is proud of the nut, cut a slot in it so you can hold it with a screwdriver. 5. if not, drill into the end of the bolt and hope the "bite" of the drill bit will hold against the spanner. Last edited by chicochapman; 14th August 2019 at 16:30.. Reason: clarification |
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1. Doesn't work - the stud spins no matter how hard you lever against it with the screwdriver (I tried both sides of the liner). Trim tools don't work either. The thread is (was) so rusted it's practically vanished. 2. I don't have a Dremel. I tried a mini hacksaw blade instead and couldn't do it. 3. I couldn't get the drill in the right position because this stud is in a recessed corner of the liner. 4 & 5. No chance with these - the end of the stud is far too rusted and is more like a point than a flat surface. This other end of this stud is impossible to get to - I think it's sandwiched between two sheets of metal. Even if I had managed to get the nut off the stud would still be spinning. |
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15th August 2019, 13:09 | #5 |
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Looking at the body panel illustrations in RAVE, it would appear that there is only a single skin around the rear wheel arch area.
Have you tried looking at the inside of the boot behind the area of interest? |
15th August 2019, 14:41 | #6 | |
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You need to take the liner off to get a good view of the stud position - not that you can do that because the stupid thing will start spinning! If they'd protected the thread with a domed plastic nut it might have been alright - but they didn't. |
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