I ran a bit of "onderzoek" here as well and indeed there's a few in Belgium too! This is fantastic.
NEVER AGAIN
- Thread starter Mnbrennan
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- 2.2i Sport
Had the same problem with them pesky bolts when I dropped my rear end out, luckily got a friend with a set of locking-wheel-nut removing sockets and a 1/2" impact driver. Only took a couple of minutes. And a hell of a lot of noise. Bit of a pain at times being surrounded by horses, certainly gets their attention.
Thanks, I wonder if I could get mine in there...
Martin, could you post a picture of the offending bolt please, might give me a scooby how to help?
Tony.
Tony.
Away from home now do can't show you the actual bolt, but its one of these on thr right . The Head is a bit more damaged where I've been trying to hammer it out
If you have the one on the left of the picture out I would try knocking and/or levering the support bracket down to try and rotate the bolt that is left in situ. Another thing worth trying is get both of the large nuts from the main studs and lock them together as tight as you can and use the upper one to try and unscrew the stud out of the car body.( This is assuming that the studs on an M are threaded into body like the other models are) HTH.
Tony.
Tony.
Martin, please see this video ALL THE WAY THROUGH to see if it can be modified to help you. I don't know if you have a welder. If not, you might try the heating part of it first. Sometimes I have used a dremel with a cutting disc on it and cut a slot across the head of the bolt so I can use a slotted or flat blade screwdriver on the head of the bolt. For me, this is a last ditch effort when everything else fails. If you use the heat first as in the video, and then cut the slot and use a screwdriver, you might have success ...................Frankie
Martin, I never posted the video I took while replacing the clutch slave cylinder. Same thing as you, just HOURS AND HOURS just to remove a pin or some screws. I'll try to post it soon................feeling your pain.........................Frankie
I can't possibly imagine what you tell a customer when you're doing a 2 hour job on something and you end up having to spend the first 105 minutes of it just getting the first bolt off!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!................FrankieWelcome to my world, and not just at weekends, it's every day.
Tony.
I don't anymore Frankie, my boy of a boss does, he's very fluent in BULLSHIT. Makes me cringe.
So here's a guessing game for you all, how much to fit a front coil spring on a 56 plate Ford Fiesta 1.2 Petrol ?
Tony.
Nothing, because you take it to the scrappy......
Not even close Mike, a Fiesta is worth about £70 .
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I would have imagined less than two hours labour plus the parts so if I went on labour alone from my indie £110 plus vat minus parts but I suppose it turned into a five hour job or something.
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£135 supplied and fitted
Closer Steve.
Tony.
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- Model of Z
- Z3 Individual Dakar / Orinoco Individual
Final offer £165 but unless your including a wheel alignment in that price you man is beginning to take the mickey a bit and i take it that's obviously a euro car parts or similar quality one.
You got there mate, £20 at best for a spring, 1/2 hour to fit. Robbing bastards. This is why I don't like my job any more.
Tony.
Tony.
Yep, but its paying your wages matey boy.....!!