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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Topic started by: hobbiniho on 30 November 2007, 20:11
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right i was tightening up my rear axle bolts when all of a sudden there was a snap and my arm went full force into the concrete floor and there was spanners and bits of bolt flying everywhere, now just prior to the bolt shearing the bar bent (it was a little bent before) but it was still turning so i carried on well heres some pics to show what i have done, looks like im going to the dealership tomorrow to spend another £1.09 on a new bolt
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ok.
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didnt think it would be so easy to snap a 10.9 bolt but hey ho ill get a new one tomorrow :grin: :grin:
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Good idea :wink:
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Get yourself a torque wrench and torque them up to the right settings. Stopped me stripping threads, snapping bolts etc.. :grin:
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yes i will be borrowing one for putting on the new ones dont want to snap another one :laugh: :laugh:
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Been there. Done that. Got the scars.
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it must of been FT for the bar to bend and then you carried on... i do it everyday (fix cars not snap bolts) so you do get the feel though.
i bought some coilovers for my seat ibiza so i went to VW and bought all the nuts and bolts id be undoing and doing just saves hassle and then you can always keep the old bolts.
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didnt think it would be so easy to snap a 10.9 bolt but hey ho ill get a new one tomorrow :grin: :grin:
The only explination has to be "WEETABIX" :laugh:
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you must work out
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well i was told by a vw mechanic to do them as tight as i possibly could with a short t bar so i did and the bolt snapped oh and "oldschoolperformance" i dont eat wheetabix just good old scotts porridge oats
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a VW mechanic told you that ay?
can you tell us which garage he works at so we can boycott it. he is obvioulsy not a very good mechanic.
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well he doesnt work at a garage he is a one man band but he used to work for vw and hes worked on lots of mk2s hes got a 400bhp 2.1 litre turbo'd engine to go in one of his mk2's with straightcut racing gears and lsd and the brakes are well massive to say the least so i think he knows what hes talkiing about, well matbe his as tight as you can possibly get it is not as tight as my tight as you can possibly get it, i am going to borrow a torque wrench to do up all the nuts that iv replaced just to make sure :cool: :cool:
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well i was told by a vw mechanic to do them as tight as i possibly could with a short t bar so i did and the bolt snapped oh and "oldschoolperformance" i dont eat wheetabix just good old scotts porridge oats
I think "short" was the key word :wink: That said a mechanic can usually feal the correct torque with good accuracy.
Even so - there is no substitute for using the recommended torque settings - 60Nm for the rear axle nut.
Unlucky - I think most of us will have done this to something :smiley:
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yeh well you have to make the mistakes to learn from them :laugh: