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I have a lovely bright Yellow OMP strut brace sat in my garage, however the top suspenson mount bolt head which I need to remove to fit said item is rounded off! And I mean badly rounded.

I have tried hammering on a (imperial) smaller socket and everything else I know. Before I grind it off or use a hardcore nut extractor (ouch!) I need to know what this bolt screws into under the wing? Is it the top of the damper or a coil spring mounting bracket?

Cheers in advance

Unless I'm going senile I think it's the top of the shock.

Good luck!

If you feel like giving it away for free in sheer frustration I'm your man :wave:

Yea I agree with Matt, its to do with the suspension.
Have to tried getting a dremel with a cutting disc and cutting the bolt off?

Mark

Hammer and cold chisel are the tools of choice to make the bolt turn,not to cut it off!

Chris

You are spot on, the bolt is connected to the coil spring mounting. If it was me I would Dremel it off.

Copious ammounts of WD40 over 48 hrs then use if you can get hold of one a spanner that is shaped like a plumbers which tightens onto the nut the harder you pull but has smaller teeth I could post a pic of one easier than trying to describe it I'll just see if i can find it.....

*There you go*.....they are brilliant for rounded nuts

A good old rusty track rod end. I look at that picture and it makes me think of one man... LRB HEHEHHE

Cheers guys.
A larger hammer and more bf (brutus forceus) required methinks....:slayer:

If you have rusty nuts I am your man!!!

When I had the problems removing the bolts from my manifold a friend (who has restored an MGB bolt by bolt and so has more rusty nuts than me), showed me a good 'top-tip'.

Rather than fighting with a set of pipe grips take a file to the nut head, square it off and use an adjustable spanner on it - works a treat and is much easier than wrestling with a monkey wrench!!

Oh, and the bolt is one of two retaining bolts that holds the shock assembly in place.

Dont take the other bolt off as the wing will drop off

You're making me nervous

So, how did you get on?

And be careful with the intake pipe under the strut brace. Easy to damage it when fitting ( I was that soldier).

LittleRedB said:

So, how did you get on?

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Definately a weekend job this one. I'll let you know how it goes..

Then its an engine oil flush and rear brake pads. :yuck:

norbert said:

Definately a weekend job this one. I'll let you know how it goes..

Then its an engine oil flush and rear brake pads. :yuck:

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Make sure you get the tool for winding in the pistons on the rear callipers, don't try doing it with a pair of pliers as you will bugger up the seals!

If you don't have the tool you can buy one from Halfrauds for about a tenner..........

Ah cheers for that.

Now where's that nut splitter??

Anyone heard of these http://www.jom.de/Domstreben-14-8871.html ?
look at price.. can someone translate that to english?

barchetta_97 said:

Anyone heard of these http://www.jom.de/Domstreben-14-8871.html ?
look at price.. can someone translate that to english?

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a-la babel fish......

'Order unit: Piece of illustration this article is similar in the range of the StVZO certified we reserves itself into our AGB to take in the case of the unavailability of the ordered commodity of the supply distance. In indicated the prices the legal value added tax is already contained at a value of 19 %. In addition come still the dispatch and the payment costs.'

I'm sure I've seen them on eBay.de for 29 euros - probably not Sparco ones though. I worked out that with postage to the UK and the current exchange rate it'd be about £35 total. I'll see if I can dig out the eBay link.