evening all, now when i say problems, i mean problems!
had to replace with wishbones on my 2004 td4, had a knocking from the front passenger side and the wishbones were pretty corroded both sides.
came to do the job and its been an absolute nightmare.
nuts/bolts wizzed off on the near side UNTILL i got to the rear bush housing.
the single nut came off easily but the wishbone was seized solid into the rubber bush.
i ended up cutting the front section of wishbone off hoping to then be able to "persuad" the back piece out with the hammer. didnt work!
so, decided that the housing had to come off and this is where the fun really started. the 2 housing bolts would not budge, they were seized solid in the housing.
i tried everything. big bars, impact wrench but nothing would budge them.
started the grind off which bits of the housing i could to release the bolts, gradually chipping away at the ally,
eventually one of the bolts was exposed enough to hopefully undo. popped the impact wrench on it and yeyyy it spun BUT didnt undo!
soooo, im guessing ive either got snapped bolts, stripped treads or the captive nuts not captive any more.
anyone experienced this problem?
not really sure how to proceed, im guessing i gotta keep grinding till the whole mount is off and then figure out whats going on with the bolts.
so much for it being a straight forward job
does anyone know how id access the "captive" nuts? is it a case of going through the passenger footwell? or cutting into the chassis?
i cannot believe 2 bolts could cause such problems! and ive not even started the other side yet.
cheers
had to replace with wishbones on my 2004 td4, had a knocking from the front passenger side and the wishbones were pretty corroded both sides.
came to do the job and its been an absolute nightmare.
nuts/bolts wizzed off on the near side UNTILL i got to the rear bush housing.
the single nut came off easily but the wishbone was seized solid into the rubber bush.
i ended up cutting the front section of wishbone off hoping to then be able to "persuad" the back piece out with the hammer. didnt work!
so, decided that the housing had to come off and this is where the fun really started. the 2 housing bolts would not budge, they were seized solid in the housing.
i tried everything. big bars, impact wrench but nothing would budge them.
started the grind off which bits of the housing i could to release the bolts, gradually chipping away at the ally,
eventually one of the bolts was exposed enough to hopefully undo. popped the impact wrench on it and yeyyy it spun BUT didnt undo!
soooo, im guessing ive either got snapped bolts, stripped treads or the captive nuts not captive any more.
anyone experienced this problem?
not really sure how to proceed, im guessing i gotta keep grinding till the whole mount is off and then figure out whats going on with the bolts.
so much for it being a straight forward job
does anyone know how id access the "captive" nuts? is it a case of going through the passenger footwell? or cutting into the chassis?
i cannot believe 2 bolts could cause such problems! and ive not even started the other side yet.
cheers
