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12th June 2021, 18:37 | #61 | |
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Not had a good day then ! If your socket slipped has your bolt head wasted away ? and as a result your socket a loose fit over the bolt head ? If so can you fit a smaller socket eg 17 mm or an imperial 11/16 which is approximately 17.5 mm as the tighter your socket or spanner the better chance of undoing the bolt ! Heat can be applied to the subframe but obviously will have to check for any combustible material within the area heated . I would advise fitting new bolts when rebuilding Last edited by TourerSteve; 12th June 2021 at 19:12.. |
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12th June 2021, 18:59 | #62 |
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Although the swivel head swivels I think it still means pulling at a slight angle and with penetrating oil residue it slipped off. I've got a feeling the breaker bar will give me a better shot at it - will report back tomorrow. I'm trying to do this in between managing a 1 year old and 4 year old whilst the wife puts a few shifts in so it's difficult...
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12th June 2021, 18:59 | #63 |
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Billy Rover.---I do truly feel very sorry for you in your predicament.
My two bolts put up a bit of a fight I wasn't go to take NO for an answer and they finally gave in. I was only doing the side that had the damage rubber insert but I had bought both sides just in case.---The other side was OK. However while I was under the car I loosened and tightened the other two bolts for when I might need to remove them.--They were easier than the first two.--- As I said in a previous post I used leg power on the tube I had over the good quality ring spanner.--Nothing bent or broke. After reading all of the other posts on this thread I guess I must have been lucky.--- They probably would respond to an impact wrench as a shock quite often undoes really tight nuts and bolts but these difficult so and so's are difficult just get at them. |
12th June 2021, 19:09 | #64 | |
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12th June 2021, 20:29 | #65 | |
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Just a suggestion and maybe not possible with the access... For ref, the style I'm picturing https://tinyurl.com/4j2rtaef |
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12th June 2021, 20:54 | #66 |
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Yep same as mine them. Hoping it doesn't come to that but good to know I can tap on a 17 if it comes to it. The way my luck's going at the minute it didn't surprise me in the slightest my kit skipped the 18! On the bright side surely my luck is about to change....
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12th June 2021, 21:56 | #68 | |
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Sorry to hear you're having problems Billy - I had to take two days to complete the passenger side on my car, but ironically the bolts that are giving you trouble were OK on my car. I used the two spanner and huge allen key technique, with an additional length of cycle tubing on the outer spanner which shifted the front bolt. The same ring spanner, angled down, working from under the car, again with the additional cycle tubing budged the rear bolt. I must agree that the 18 mm ring spanner is a very loose fit on those bolt heads, enough to make you wonder if it really is a metric 18 mm head. Anyway, spanner didn't slip and the bolts remained intact. I tried a 17 mm and it didn't fit, I don't think the imperial equivalent ring spanner did either but you could try that. Billy - if you've not tried the ring spanner technique, I can recommend it! Getting it back together was the thing that caused us the issues - but I overcame them today and it's done now. I've written it up on the thread I started about it: https://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/for...d.php?t=313128 Give me a shout if I can help you as it's all fresh in my mind - getting the bush housing lined up with the subframe is the key to reassembly. Also - you have my sympathy Billy: I've got a 18 month old here and also my two nephews (7 and 9 y.o) trying to help! Doesn't make it any easier |
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12th June 2021, 23:00 | #69 | |
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Don't worry Billy, I'm sure Simon will lend you his torque wrench as long as he isn't using it to hammer something in or for some other free creative thinking idea he has come up with. |
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Hello Billy and I share my fellow members' sorrow and concern at your experience. The good news though is that it can be explained so that it never happens to you (or anyone else reading this) again.
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