Just been attempting to fit a de-cat pipe.
Sadly, I am unable to get a single bolt out of the front cross member that needs to be removed.
There are 8 bolts, all with 10mm A/F hexagon heads. I can see the ends of the threads poking through the captive nuts and they seem to be the corresponding M6 thread size.
I tried them last week, but my Snap-On hexagon socket was on the point of rounding the first couple I tried, so I decided to soak them in Plus Gas (from both ends) every night for a week, before trying again with one of them new fangled 24V impact drivers.
I have just done all that and ended up with 8 perfectly round bolt heads, not one of them loosened in the slightest.
I don't fancy my chances with getting the angle grinder in there, so Hare-Brained Plan C is as follows:
Get them red hot.
Chissel them off.
Drill out to 6.8mm diameter.
Re-tap threads M8 and enlarge holes in cross member as required.
Use stainless allen head screws with a goodly smear of copper-slip in place of toffee headed originals.
My cunning plan however has one small snag (apart from probably being bollocks) in that I don't have any gas bottles to get the bolt heads red hot.
Is there anyone in the Halifax area willing to come to my aid?
I can pay cash, beer or favours, but Mrs M! has a bit of a "thing" about me paying in sex.
Sadly, I am unable to get a single bolt out of the front cross member that needs to be removed.
There are 8 bolts, all with 10mm A/F hexagon heads. I can see the ends of the threads poking through the captive nuts and they seem to be the corresponding M6 thread size.
I tried them last week, but my Snap-On hexagon socket was on the point of rounding the first couple I tried, so I decided to soak them in Plus Gas (from both ends) every night for a week, before trying again with one of them new fangled 24V impact drivers.
I have just done all that and ended up with 8 perfectly round bolt heads, not one of them loosened in the slightest.
I don't fancy my chances with getting the angle grinder in there, so Hare-Brained Plan C is as follows:
Get them red hot.
Chissel them off.
Drill out to 6.8mm diameter.
Re-tap threads M8 and enlarge holes in cross member as required.
Use stainless allen head screws with a goodly smear of copper-slip in place of toffee headed originals.
My cunning plan however has one small snag (apart from probably being bollocks) in that I don't have any gas bottles to get the bolt heads red hot.
Is there anyone in the Halifax area willing to come to my aid?
I can pay cash, beer or favours, but Mrs M! has a bit of a "thing" about me paying in sex.