[Shotimes] Rear strut pinch bolt jammed - any ideas?

[Ron Porter]

Done properly, they would have used a nut/bolt/washer in the first place,
but it's easier/cheaper for assembly to do it the way they did it.

I feel it is a good idea to use the bolt/nut/washer as a replacement, even
if the pinch bolts successfully come out.

Now, the fronts are not an issue. Bigger bolts, and don't seem to get as
crudded up as the rears. Heat still helps, though, up here in the salt belt.

Ron Porter

-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of George Fourchy
Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 10:14 AM
To: shotimes@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Rear strut pinch bolt jammed - any ideas?

On Tue, 2 Aug 2005 00:16:47 -0400, Ron Porter wrote:

>I would still recommend a Grade 8 bolt/nut/washer when you reassemble. At a
>minimum, get new pinch bolts.

Sorry I only got in on the end of this....Sat Sun and Mon are my busy work
days.  

Yes....working it back and forth will usually get it out.  When I screwed up
a bolt
I expanded the knuckle too much, and the threads crossed when I tried to put
the
bolt back.  As long as the bolt will move in the knuckle, you _usually_ can
work it
out little by little....they are pretty hard.

I've had no trouble with the grade 8 replacement bolt and nut I got when I
crossed
those threads last spring.  

Glad you were successful!!

George
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