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14th August 2018, 18:42 | #1 |
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18mm rear bush bolt........again
i have owned my car for 5 years and replaced both front arms and bushes twice,not bad i thought
only problem is, on the nearside the front bolt it clonks every couple of weeks and needs tightening up.only this one bolt and never the off side,its becoming a pain now any ideas? russ |
14th August 2018, 18:57 | #2 |
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which bolt on the lower arm, ball joint or the other one?
Did you fit a new nut? I think the other bolt has a self locking nut but the one at the hub has "Loctite" on the thread. worn hub if ball joint bolt? macafee2 |
14th August 2018, 19:01 | #3 |
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the bolt on rear bush that slides on the lower
i did think about loctite do you think its the way forward russ |
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The bolts are originally of the "patchlok" variety, meaning they have a coating of threadlock applied. A lot of people use coppaslip on these, and that's not a good idea Brian |
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Erm, now you have me - there are two bolts which fasten the rear bush to the subby, there is a nut on the lower arm pivot balljoint, and another on the strut lower balljoint (the pinchbolt).
So which "one" are we talking of here? |
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