Rear Anti-roll Bar Bolt Snapped!

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M 80NGD
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Rear Anti-roll Bar Bolt Snapped!

Post by M 80NGD » Thu Mar 18, 2010 4:13 pm

Good afternoon,after reading all the topics on changing the rear roll bar brackets and bushes,penertrating oil etc,etc

I managed to snap one of the bolts off #-o Has anybody else done this,and if so how did you repair it? [-o< I can't

just walk into a motor factors or Mazda shrowroom,because of living in the land that time forgot!! :lol: Thanks in advance

Lee. :D
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Re: Rear Anti-roll Bar Bolt Snapped!

Post by missfixit70 » Thu Mar 18, 2010 5:04 pm

Put a new one in? you may have bit of fun getting the old one out, but you should be able to replace with a normal bolt.
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Re: Rear Anti-roll Bar Bolt Snapped!

Post by M 80NGD » Thu Mar 18, 2010 5:11 pm

I thought that as well Kirsty,but the bolt has a 15mm round head on it and seems to be welded to the bracket itself

I've drilled all the bolt out,but this disk thing won't shift,not even with a small bolster chisel :shock: Should I drill through

that as well? Cheers.
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Re: Rear Anti-roll Bar Bolt Snapped!

Post by missfixit70 » Thu Mar 18, 2010 5:16 pm

or grind it off?
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Re: Rear Anti-roll Bar Bolt Snapped!

Post by M 80NGD » Thu Mar 18, 2010 6:54 pm

Couldn't get the grinder in,so I've drilled through said disc,(bloody hard work! :shock: ) and replaced it with a nut and

bolt! A 20 minute job took me just under 3 hours!! Not doing anything else till We've moved back to Derbyshire in 2 weeks

time!! :lol:
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Re: Rear Anti-roll Bar Bolt Snapped!

Post by dandywarhol » Fri Mar 19, 2010 12:54 am

good job Bond - all these little snippets of info help justify some of the labour rates for jobs that peeps moan about :wink:
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