Re: [doc] Rear crossbrace removal
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Re: [doc] Rear crossbrace removal
- From: Martin Gutkowski <martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 00:01:28 +0100
It's not welded, but a nut slotted into a space behind the spring. 24
years of corrosion will have seized it and instead of coming loose, the
nut has stretched it's little cage. To remove you must take the spring
out, then you will be able to get to it. You mustn't leave it loose, and
I expect now you've spun it, you can't do it up either...
Martin
Stian Birkeland wrote:
> Hi all...hope everyone have had a nice summer :)
>
> My restoration moves slowly forward...
>
> I encountered one more problem -
>
> The bolt on the LH side holding down the rear crossbrace in the
> engine compartment moves around freely. I can't manage to loosen it,
> it just spins around. The one on the RH side however was easy to get
> out.
>
> The reason I'm trying to remove it is because I want to refinish the
> crossbrace, but how do I go about loosen the LH bolt now???
>
> I *believe* the bolt is fastened into a welded nut from the inside of
> the frame crossmember, and the welded nut has probably loosened when
> I tried to get the bolt out. The hole below in the frame crossmember
> is too small (and too far down) to get into and get at the nut from
> below.
>
> Suggestions before I order some dynamite? ;)
>
> Cheers,
> Stian
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