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Model specific boards => Golf mk4 => Topic started by: Nathan.golf on 20 March 2011, 18:50

Title: balls'd up wishbone
Post by: Nathan.golf on 20 March 2011, 18:50

i have fitted adjustable drop links to my golf and on the drivers side i have cross threaded the bolt wich conncects bottom of drop link to wishbone
its strip the threads so no bolt will tighten up in its place
help, just wondered if there was a way i could sort this out

cheers

Title: Re: balls'd up wishbone
Post by: tech1889 on 20 March 2011, 18:57

new drop links ?

Title: Re: balls'd up wishbone
Post by: Nathan.golf on 20 March 2011, 18:59

where the bolt goes into wish bone, all the threads in there are foooooked, the bolts will not tighten up in there

Title: Re: balls'd up wishbone
Post by: The Dave on 20 March 2011, 19:01

New wishbones are quite cheap via TPS... or pattern part of course

Title: Re: balls'd up wishbone
Post by: andc1 on 20 March 2011, 19:07

longer bolt and a nut on the end  :wink:

Title: Re: balls'd up wishbone
Post by: topher on 20 March 2011, 19:14

Quote from: scoobygolf on 20 March 2011, 19:07

longer bolt and a nut on the end  :wink:

fiddly, but works. wedge a screwdriver in to stop the nut spinning for the final torquing

Title: Re: balls'd up wishbone
Post by: Nathan.golf on 20 March 2011, 19:17

yeh longer bolt with nut on end sounds good to me, cheers
fiddly with it been all enclosed best get a few nuts cus im sure i will losse a few

Title: Re: balls'd up wishbone
Post by: Wayne on 20 March 2011, 20:48

Longer bolt should sort it.  :smiley:

Title: Re: balls'd up wishbone
Post by: porter_89 on 21 March 2011, 13:22

tried it and i wouldnt bother can pick up wishbones for £40 and thats the better option i had the same problem

cheers