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Ministig

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snapped bolt???
« on: February 21, 2015, 02:38:03 PM »
I was undoing the nut on part of the wishbone and suddenly the thread that its on started turning aswell and it wont thread back in. Can this be fixed??
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Re: snapped bolt???
« Reply #1 on: February 21, 2015, 05:40:00 PM »
Yes this happend to me. The stud that you are screwing the nut on is welded to the inner wing from behind and has unfortunately broke free of its weld so when you turn the nut it just spins. The only real way of fixing it is by re-welding it. If you remove the interior carpet over the wheel arch you'll see the two ends of the stud and it's easily welded again or if your lucky you can grip it with some mole grips and tighten the nut. I found re-welding it to be the only way
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Re: snapped bolt???
« Reply #2 on: February 21, 2015, 06:37:58 PM »
Thank you. I tried tightening it with mole grips but didnt work  :( I'll have to re weld it

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Re: snapped bolt???
« Reply #3 on: February 21, 2015, 06:44:24 PM »
I'm afraid it's the only way it annoyed the hell out of me as you have to strip the carpet back far enough so you don't set fire to it lol
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