Are you winding him up. What a silly idea you surprise me Clarky. :mad:

Would you not advocate cutting them off, Wammers, even if you intend replacing them anyway? They are a major arse-ache to remove (at least in my case they were)...
 
Would you not advocate cutting them off, Wammers, even if you intend replacing them anyway? They are a major arse-ache to remove (at least in my case they were)...

No unless they were so badly damaged as to be impossible to remove in any other way. I always find using the correct methods and tools is a very large advantage. Unless the bolt shanks are damaged or the nyloc nuts run up the threads without any resistance, using them again is not a problem. Providing they are tightened properly.
 
Would you not advocate cutting them off, Wammers, even if you intend replacing them anyway? They are a major arse-ache to remove (at least in my case they were)...

Pretty difficult to get any sort of cutter on the bolts without collateral damage:)
 
Well, the tool arrived, and u did the work the other day. Thunk I found the culprit of the noise an vibration...

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That's how I found them - bone dry, no needle bearings, and shattered. Bah. Last owner is a bumhole...
 
Yeah i would say that. Wonder what that little nipple type thing screwed into it is for? :D:D:D
 
I can't thank you guys enough for the assistance. I'm capable of a lot of stuff having built several cars up over the years but the Rangie is on a whole 'nother level as everything is upsized and lorry like! :D
 
I can't thank you guys enough for the assistance. I'm capable of a lot of stuff having built several cars up over the years but the Rangie is on a whole 'nother level as everything is upsized and lorry like! :D

Think you will find the grease nipples are all the same size though. :D:D:D
 
Yeah been through that already earlier in thread James. Proper nuts and bolts, neater and better than the Froggy metric crap.
i noticed just after i posted ,should have known really :)not many realise theres a whole science behind bolts
 
i noticed just after i posted ,should have known really :)not many realise theres a whole science behind bolts

The only part I never got to grips with was thread sizes ie fine thread course ect I still have to double check when using my thread cleaner files
 
The only part I never got to grips with was thread sizes ie fine thread course ect I still have to double check when using my thread cleaner files
it takes practice ,we used to get bolts anodized and how ever you sent them they just came back in a mixed box ,which with lrs is a mixed box ,imperial,metric incuding different pitches ,and whitworth,after youve done a few you soon learn to identify any bolt by eye
 
i noticed just after i posted ,should have known really :)not many realise theres a whole science behind bolts

Yes the British had the absurd idea of sizing and pitching threads based on the properties of the material - maximising the strength. Basing thread sizes on numerical convenience makes much more sense - doesn't it!? :confused:
 

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