vikingbezerker

dont jinx it got the other side to do yet! however i now have a crapton of stuff to do it with including spare bolts, so im hoping its a lot easier.... plus i know whats going to happen now.

ok peeps back on the road and all is fine thanks for your help

well a new chapter to the saga....... got everything fixed, quiet afternoon putting it all together....... erm no. ok getting the console bolts to line up absolute pig, then realised the crappy subframe was moving.... so stuck a jack under engine......... sucess.... now to fit the arm! errr no...... polybush kit, bushes are too large to fit in, so ...off comes the console again, and slide it into the back and slot it back into the subframe..... now the fun part..... getting all 5 bolts back in, i've managed 3 so far with the rest being so damn far out you need a bus ride to line them up..... ok got to 4pm raining on my head...... sack it for one day, i will dedicate tomorrow to finding the best bolt up combination to crush the bushes enough to line it up, but for today..... .f**k it. hopefully tomorrow will be sucessfull we shall see.

ok peeps... found a better method, will take the battery off and try this next time, might just solve the problem in one shot!

expecting trouble for the other side, am going to try a tip i got off youtube, if it seizes when i do it, i'll drill it, and soak the remains in Alum, hopefully that will melt out the steel, if it works i will let you know, and post the details for the group, it may well be a painless method of removal, if it dosen't then nothings lost.... heres where i got the idea.

well another day another problem..... got to the dealers and grabbed the bolts (cheers TMB) came home started work on bolt removal...... drilled through it and went up in sizes tap would not bite, still would not budge, so the red mist came down and the screwdriver and hammer came out thread is banjaxed, was looking ropey from the back anyway, but a Helicoil kit is on its way so im prayting to get it finished this weekend .

no it costs money and time...... tightwads

lol you say that its all relative i used to live in Blackburn, Stoke is paradise in comparison!

well i generally shy away from dealers because they usually cost an arm and a leg and then beat you with the soggy bits but they are reasonable...... thanks!

ok cheers for that, might have saved me a bit of grief there, but then again thats what these forums are for! checked the bold head and its 10.9, sooo stainless is out. looks like i'm off to the shed of doom..... prepare a rescue team lol

well its supposed to stop galling, so will give it a go, like the idea of sealing the end with a gob of grease. will do that as well, nothing like belt and braces.... its times like this i miss my old ZX, will have done all the bloody job both sides in 2 hours..... thats with a brew break! i could rant about "progress" and how its more like 2 steps backward and 1 forward but i think you know the drill..... cheers guys!

never had a strength problem with stainless and the way that bolt cut and torqued off its nothing special, its just mild steel, so stailess should be ok, when its boll ocked up its gripped at both ends so vibration shouldn't be a problem..... but i will look for the alternates when i go indiana jonesing in the shed of doom

ok i got a couple on order in stainless, might help in the future but i did find an interesting but expensive bit of kit for anyone who is interested https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Molyslip-500g-Alumslip-high-temperature-graphited-anti-seize-assembly-compound/252953664779?epid=26017016074&hash=item3ae5369d0b:g:ZZMAAOSwCQZZJBpO alumaslip by molyslip, anyone know if it actually works?

well the saga so far...... busted the head off the bolt, and its my first time with one of these...... so after the swearing, undid all the bolts holding the console in, then undid the dog bone, realised the jack was in the wrong place and the subframe was distorting and stopping it coming out (WTF) got it out and its clamped to the bench while i run drills through it to get the bugger out, threads look ok ish and its a generic bolt, so should have a pile of them in a box in the shed of doom where i keep my old dead cars bits... so.... yeah its a ball ache, but feel like i might win this one..... hope i ain't jinxed it.

well gonna try it, if im lucky and it comes out i'll run a tap down it and clean up the bolt, get some new ones from the bolt shop just in case and i'll order a helicoil kit based on the bolt and we will see if it works..... wish me luck