Luckily i realised it was about to fail before things turned serious.

Its a brand new Heavy Duty ZVH conversion bolt rated at 12.9


When i got to 30lb torque i could feel something was not quite right so took it out.




Could have been a right pain if it had of snapped.

 

Did you oil it before putting it in?

 

ouch, looks like it's in one of those crazy mirror rooms like you get at the fair

 

Close call

 

Yeah was properly oiled,

Cleaned and tapped the thread in the block first etc as well, made sure there was no oil or water to give me hydralic problems either,

Must have just been a dodgy bolt as ive had loads of these in the past and never a problem.


Sorry, peteh had put it on my white worktop with flash on.

Matt.

 

na mate, the way it's gone thin in the middle, you know the mirrors taht make you body go thin and your head big.

 

Very close that mate ,

I dare say 90 % of us would have given it another 1/4 turn and fooked it ,

Well done .

 

close m8
i would of def given it another 1/4 of a turn

 

I've just phoned the supplier (i won't name them!!)

They basically didn't care, just said send it back and we will take a look at it.

Christ i'm worried i could have one totally snap and it will then be engine out time