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Old 04 January 2014, 01:58 PM
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Default Rear anti roll bar bracket bolts snapped.....help.

Hi,

Im currently changing the single pot rear calipers on my99 turbo to subaru 2 pots.

At the same time I decided that my whiteline anti roll bar and drop links were looking a bit corroded. I removed the anti roll bar and drop links no problem ready to restore. I was then planning on stripping and painting the brackets. The two bolts on the drivers side anti roll bar bracket seemed to loosen ok after a good soaking with wd40 and duck oil. Then got tight and sheard off. Passenger side were no problem at all.

Has this happened to anyone before? I was thinking about getting everything back on the car excluding the anti roll bar and drop links, driving it carefully to a local garage to see if they could weld a nut on and undo the rest of the bolt?

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Any advice would be very welcome.

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Old 04 January 2014, 02:04 PM
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Grab yourself some decent drill bits and make sure to keep the drill bit lubed and dont run it at full speed drill the centers out, might want to grab a set of extractors as well, basically all the garage will do matey as it doesnt look like theres much meat left to weld a nut to
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Thanks for the quick reply. I had thought of using a bolt extractor set. Only problem is one of the bolts is under the petrol filler pipe. Hardly any access. Having a nightmare.
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My one done this and it can be a b--- of a job mate but don't pay no one to do it for just take your time
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As above matey just take your time, if needed empty your tank a bit and remove the filler pipe
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