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 730 Posts Member #: 1791 Post Whore Cranleigh, surrey |
10th Sep, 2008 at 01:56:11pm
Ok, so i brought the KAD brackets thought i could fit them in a flash, got it all apart went to wind in the bolts and one stripped on me going into the face of the subframe. Has anybody got any good ideas other than helicoiling, cause when i tried that it pushed the bolt of the welds, so now i'm stuck??? Subframe out? Could i drop it enough just un-doing the front mounts? I don't have a rear panal in if that makes a difference......i want to try and avoid bleeding breaks and things?
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 7765 Posts Member #: 74 I pick holes in everything.. Chief ancient post excavator |
10th Sep, 2008 at 03:22:51pm
Bleeding breaks sucks. It's much better with a regular tea break. On 13th Jul, 2012 Ben H said:
Mine gets in the way a bit, but only when it is up. If it is down it does not cause a problem. |
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730 Posts Member #: 1791 Post Whore Cranleigh, surrey |
10th Sep, 2008 at 03:44:30pm
hahaha, really though do i have to take it out.......(as the actress said to the bishop) the subframe that is.
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Site Admin  9408 Posts Member #: 58 455bhp per ton 12 sec 1/4 mile road legal mini Sunny Bridgend, South Wales |
10th Sep, 2008 at 04:03:17pm
you could get away without taking the subframe off, just take the mounting bracket off. you could make a small hole in the sill and weld a new captive nut inside. Better still get a peice of thick steel drill and tap 7/16 unf and slip that in from the sill, obviously you will have to remove the old captive nuts firsts On 15th May, 2009 TurboDave said:
I think the welsh one has it right! 1st to provide running proof of turbo twinkie in a car and first to run a 1/4 in one!! Is your data backed up?? one extra month free for all Turbo minis members, PM me for detials |
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 12307 Posts Member #: 565 Carlos Fandango Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex |
10th Sep, 2008 at 04:10:33pm
drill and tap the new size up? On 28th Aug, 2011 Kean said:
At the risk of being sigged... Joe, do you have a photo of your tool? http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.p...9064&lastpost=1 https://joe1977.imgbb.com/ |
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730 Posts Member #: 1791 Post Whore Cranleigh, surrey |
10th Sep, 2008 at 04:10:35pm
Jimster, this is in the subframe not the sill? I reckon, i could take the two front mounts of and drop the subframe down my 2 inchs to give me enough space to get in the access panal at the back edge of the frame and slip another nut in there? my other idea is to cut the subframe open and then slide a plate in and weld that at the end then drill a whole the other side and puddle weld it?
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730 Posts Member #: 1791 Post Whore Cranleigh, surrey |
10th Sep, 2008 at 04:11:13pm
can't drill and tap, the bolt inside has come away from the welds, so there is nothing to tap to?
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Site Admin 9408 Posts Member #: 58 455bhp per ton 12 sec 1/4 mile road legal mini Sunny Bridgend, South Wales |
10th Sep, 2008 at 04:23:47pm
sorry, my mistake, in the long run it will work out quicker to pull the subframe off and do the job right, ,shortcuts usually take longer. On 15th May, 2009 TurboDave said:
I think the welsh one has it right! 1st to provide running proof of turbo twinkie in a car and first to run a 1/4 in one!! Is your data backed up?? one extra month free for all Turbo minis members, PM me for detials |
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730 Posts Member #: 1791 Post Whore Cranleigh, surrey |
10th Sep, 2008 at 04:33:17pm
i agree, a fun night ahead, not!
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