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Member ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 104 Joined: 13-June 24 From: Quebec, Canada Member No.: 28,180 Region Association: Canada ![]() |
Long story short, 2 of the 3 bolts holding the left rear trailing arm broke on me. One broke and left some of the bolt out of the hole so I thought I could get it with heat and vise grip but nope. She is stuck. The other one broke and what is left is in the hole.
I cannot believe I am the first 914 owner dealing with this. As I said, for the bolt that left me something to work with my plan was to heat it and use vise grip to try to get it. Tried on multiple occasion but she does not want to come out. For the other one I guess I only have left to dril it out and try to redo the threads hoping for the best. Does anyone has any other advice or method to try. I do not have a welding machine so welding a nut is not an option for now and not sure it would work (for the one that sticks out of the hole). I am open for any advice. I plan to work on this with my son this weekend. Thanks ![]() ![]() |
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Member ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 104 Joined: 13-June 24 From: Quebec, Canada Member No.: 28,180 Region Association: Canada ![]() |
So following up on this.
Last week end, with the help of my son, we reinstalled most of what I took out of the car. When we installed the rear left trailing arm, the one with the 2 broken bolts on which we tapped 2 of the 3 bobbins for larger bolt, it became obvious that it would not give enough adjustment to properly align the wheel as pointed out by ChrisFoley. We had to try it! Our next move will be to drill through and use longer bolts. I will as well look at replacing the bobbins as a potential third option. I will make some measurement and prepare a drawing in order to get some bobbins machined. One question I would have is to know if someone can tell me how the bobbins are attached to the car frame (welding top and bottom, only top, only bottom??). Knowing how they are installed would help in knowing how to get them out. ![]() |
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