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Old 6th September 2015, 20:53   #7
Mike Noc
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Originally Posted by David Lawrence View Post
Now that is a stupid design. Even if they retained the slots you would have thought they could have used a hexagon nut for just such occassions as this. There is just room to get a short stubby spanner in if it was hexagonal. To make it round is a kind of booby trap for mechanics.
Look on the bright side David it's a better design than the Freelander rear subframe captive nuts.

They are in a closed box section beneath the rear floor, so to get to them if they break away you have to cut through the floor.


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