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Mar 1st, 2021, 19:31 | #11 |
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I was not aware there were different thread lengths. Tasca has the genuine parts and is only listing the long thread one, I'm guessing it should fit all 4 corners ? https://www.tascaparts.com/oem-parts...bC1sNS1nYXM%3D
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the old bolt, with the thread all the way (or near enough) just goes smoothly in all the way no issues.. so I'm still leaning towards believing that I need 2 types of bolts as per the picture above. for whatever reason as you can see, the 'blank' part of the bolt is wider than the inner part of the thread, so without more thread it would be impossible for it to move deeper into a threaded hole I suppose I could stick it on the lathe and narrow down the last couple of inches but that's not the point (plus being hardened I'm wondering if my tooling would even cut it) Last edited by stuart bowes; Mar 1st, 2021 at 20:08. |
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Hmm. How weird.
This won't help you, but just to add to the debate... I removed the subframe bolts on my daughters car last year to replace the Brake Servo (2002 V70 T5). Just found the old bolts in my "scrap" bin. They're all the same. Can't be certain but I believe these are the original bolts. May be you do have a Frankenstein car. Don't know what to suggest.
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so strange! thanks for looking though, definitely need to get to the bottom of it
when you look at yours like my most recent picture above, is the narrower 'inner' part of the thread the same width as the blank bit at the bottom of the shaft? i.e. would it be able to screw into and past threaded section, if you see what I mean. I'm wondering if the shaft should be slightly narrower so they can fit all 4 bolts the same rather than 2 different types (Reduction of supply and manufacturing costs) mine is a 2001 so one of the earlier P2's Last edited by stuart bowes; Mar 1st, 2021 at 21:22. |
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i.e. would it be able to screw into and past threaded section, if you see what I mean.
Yes I know what you mean, but the answer is no. Just thinking if there is some other aspect of the design that could be different on yours? Here's some pictures I took of the front and rear bushes when I did the Brake Servo job. You can see from them that the non threaded part of the bolts would not protrude outside of the bushes in this car. Do your bushes look the same as these - same brackets, washers etc? Is it the front or rear bush on yours that needs the longer thread?
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it's the front one that needs the longer thread.. I do like your method with the stud and nuts to support the lowered subframe though on a side note, that's pretty ingenious
One thing I will note is I only tried on the front left (passenger side) bolt the drivers side also had the longer thread, but I didn't try and fit the shorter threaded bolt into that hole. so it's still a remote possibility that side would be ok with these shorter threads . I just didn't bother trying because I assumed it would be same both sides what i saw of my car is identical, except in terms of the underlying design / layout I couldn't really be too sure, because I didn't actually pull the frame away from the car I did one bolt at a time. All I really saw was the bush with the big round washer taken away, so if there's a tubular part that protrudes from the bodywork into the bush, for example, I wouldn't have seen it. quite how that would work I'm not sure anyway because the bush wouldn't be doing it's job as effectively how much of a risk do you think it is still having the old bolts in? I only took them out to put the inserts in, and when I put the back in I didn't over tighten, just torqued and thread locked. car done about 56k torqued according to this source with an extra maybe 5deg instead of 120 deg Last edited by stuart bowes; Mar 1st, 2021 at 23:28. |
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Could and old or previous bolt have sheared off in the top of the hole stopping the longer bolt now threading in fully? Iain |
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That was my first thought but no, the old bolt that came out is the same length as the new one, it's definitely the length of the thread causing the issue
I appreciate everyone's time and attention by the way, thanks for the suggestions and pictures etc Last edited by stuart bowes; Mar 2nd, 2021 at 09:11. |
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It would be sub optimal, but I think I'd be happy enough with 3 new bolts correctly torqued and 1 reused bolt.
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AHA!
thanks ok maybe I'll try the new bolt on the passenger side and see if that goes in. at least it's one good new bolt I can get in there to FT (F... tight) Last edited by stuart bowes; Mar 2nd, 2021 at 10:37. |
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