geordiewrx

i went to fit a front strut brace today and noticed one of the 3 bolts on n/s is loose and wobbling about, how do i fix this, does it need fixed, mot failure? please help........ pic
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911

Awkward!

I had the same on my AST front strut.

You must have 3 tight bolts for the MoT and your well being.
Tighten the other 2 bolts (with the strut brace on)
Remove the loose nut/bolt (not catually a bolt, but a threaded stud that should be projection welded to the top-mount plate, your weld has broken).

Buy a high tensile bolt of the same thread size and length (Halfords) and simply pass through the hole and tighten up.
This will need a very long 3/8 drive socket set holding the head of the bolt while a friend places/tightens the nut.

Job done.

Graham

geordiewrx

i am **** mechanically like that so it's not a big job at a grage for example?

911

Not at all.
Just looked at where you are 'up north'

A really good/safe guy is Alyn at AS Performance - Rally Motorsport Specialists but a decent small garage will sort it out easy.

Good luck with it. Much simpler to do than me explaining it!
Graham

geordiewrx

911, thank you for your help, all is well again

911