boot bolts

[JimAitken]

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

[Rob Houston]

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

[JimAitken]

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

thanks for that Rob

[Alan 480]

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

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 holes

[WRDendy]

I'm tackling the surface rust in the boot area and in the aquarium where the toolkit floats, are two bolts.

That gave me a good laugh!

[JimAitken]

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

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 holes

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.