I'm tackling the surface rust in the boot area and in the aquarium where the toolkit floats, are two bolts. What do they hold up under the car? And if I remove them to kill the rust round that area, what is likely to drop off? How about one at a time maybe? They look like they are linked to an anti-roll bar or something. Is there a nut at the other end (leaving myself open to that question!).
cheers
Jim
boot bolts
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Re: boot bolts
Snap! I'm doing roughly the same thing in the same area! The two bolts attach to the chassis cross-frame member. Removing them will not affect anything, you still have four more underneath before anything falls off
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Re: boot bolts
thanks for that RobRob Houston wrote:Snap! I'm doing roughly the same thing in the same area! The two bolts attach to the chassis cross-frame member. Removing them will not affect anything, you still have four more underneath before anything falls off
Regards, Rob Houston
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Re: boot bolts
BUT an MoT man might ask about corrosion around that area . (I had a 'fail' once when they reckoned that the four M6 bolts were 'structural' ) I've removed the bolts (Made a new cross member) and blanked the holesRob Houston wrote:Snap! I'm doing roughly the same thing in the same area! The two bolts attach to the chassis cross-frame member. Removing them will not affect anything, you still have four more underneath before anything falls off
Regards, Rob Houston
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Re: boot bolts
That gave me a good laugh!JimAitken wrote:I'm tackling the surface rust in the boot area and in the aquarium where the toolkit floats, are two bolts.
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Re: boot bolts
good point, especially as MOT is coming up. Probably a good idea to replace the bolts with nice new shiny ones. I'll check the other ones under the car.Alan 480 wrote:BUT an MoT man might ask about corrosion around that area . (I had a 'fail' once when they reckoned that the four M6 bolts were 'structural' ) I've removed the bolts (Made a new cross member) and blanked the holesRob Houston wrote:Snap! I'm doing roughly the same thing in the same area! The two bolts attach to the chassis cross-frame member. Removing them will not affect anything, you still have four more underneath before anything falls off
Regards, Rob Houston
current: 480GT, V70 D5
previous: 480Turbo, 440, 850, V70 Classic. Renaults 4/5/6/20, Mini Cooper S (1968), Alfasud ti
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