 Rear swing arm mounting plate, Rusted and broke 1/2 the bolts |
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| tracks914 |
 Sep 28 2006, 08:36 PM
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Canadian Member  Group: Benefactors Posts: 2,083 Joined: 15-January 03 From: Timmins, Ontario, Canada Member No.: 153 Region Association: None   |
The 3 hole mounting plate on my project car (passenger side) is rusted pretty bad so I figured they have to come off for my resto so off they come. They seemed pretty rusted and tight so I soaked them from the top for about 2 weeks with penetrating oil.
Last night I went to take them off but I knew I was in trouble when they were spongy. WTF, grabbed the impact and got 3 bolts out OK and 3 broke off! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) Now this is going to be hard to get the broken bolts out. I might have to resort to drilling and re-tapping the holes unless some has a better idea?????Anyone ever have these seized in before??(a stupid question but....) BTW I now need a passenger side mounting braket (plate) and shim!! Tx |
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| URY914 |
Sep 29 2006, 07:11 PM
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I built the lightest 914 in the history of mankind. Group: Members Posts: 126,249 Joined: 3-February 03 From: Jacksonville, FL Member No.: 222 Region Association: None |
I'm with Chris on using a bolt and a nut. I don't like it because it can move around in the hole. I feel you need to attach the nut or the bolt to the car. You could weld the bolt head to the car like I said above or run the bolt from the bottom and weld the nut to the car. A "floating" bolt holding a suspension member isn't a good thing IMHO.
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tracks914 Rear swing arm mounting plate Sep 28 2006, 08:36 PM
mihai914 Had it happen to one bolt on the previous car. It... Sep 28 2006, 08:53 PM tracks914 Mihai, did you once have an orange car that hit a ... Sep 28 2006, 08:57 PM mihai914 No, mine was Phoenix Red and a tree jumped in fron... Sep 28 2006, 09:04 PM JOHNMAN I would recommend drilling it out and running a lo... Sep 28 2006, 09:49 PM davep You will require cobalt drills to do the job, a re... Sep 29 2006, 05:44 AM michel richard That has happened to me too, several times. Those... Sep 29 2006, 06:39 AM Racer Chris I have gone so far as to use a hole saw to remove ... Sep 29 2006, 07:17 AM URY914 What about drilling it over sized installing a bol... Sep 29 2006, 09:38 AM tracks914 I'm going to wait until I get it up on the rot... Sep 29 2006, 06:54 PM
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