still struggling to remove gearbox mount? help needed please
04-11-2007, 03:45 PM
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still struggling to remove gearbox mount? help needed please
ive been struggling removing the gearbox mount from my mk3 escort, so i opted for burning it off:
got the rubber off (out the way any how) but now im stuck with the bush on the mount which i cant remove? i
is there something that needs doing which maybe ive missed? cheers
got the rubber off (out the way any how) but now im stuck with the bush on the mount which i cant remove? i
is there something that needs doing which maybe ive missed? cheers
04-11-2007, 04:44 PM
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Originally Posted by NUTS RuS
bolt the rubber mount into the corner piece on the car. The leg is then easier to get on/off with nothing on itTrending Topics
04-11-2007, 04:55 PM
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That will just be the corroded alloy holding it in.
You have 2 different metals (steel and alloy)
Cut it off and you run the risk of having the bit stuck inside without being able to use the rest as a lever to get it off.
A good soak in WD heat up the bolt, a vice and a lump hammer should break the corrosion crud and free it up.
When you rebuild the new one use copperslip on the surfaces to stop it sticking.
Its the same as having an alloy wheel stuck to the face of a hub the two metals just need a whack to free them
You have 2 different metals (steel and alloy)
Cut it off and you run the risk of having the bit stuck inside without being able to use the rest as a lever to get it off.
A good soak in WD heat up the bolt, a vice and a lump hammer should break the corrosion crud and free it up.
When you rebuild the new one use copperslip on the surfaces to stop it sticking.
Its the same as having an alloy wheel stuck to the face of a hub the two metals just need a whack to free them
04-11-2007, 04:58 PM
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Originally Posted by NUTS RuS
That will just be the corroded alloy holding it in.
You have 2 different metals (steel and alloy)
Cut it off and you run the risk of having the bit stuck inside without being able to use the rest as a lever to get it off.
A good soak in WD heat up the bolt, a vice and a lump hammer should break the corrosion crud
You have 2 different metals (steel and alloy)
Cut it off and you run the risk of having the bit stuck inside without being able to use the rest as a lever to get it off.
A good soak in WD heat up the bolt, a vice and a lump hammer should break the corrosion crud
04-11-2007, 05:37 PM
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Originally Posted by rst in progress
id thought maybe this but thought best asking incase it dont and i crack the alloy lol, cheers mate, much appreiciated
04-11-2007, 05:39 PM
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think im gona dremel it 
, poxy bloody things lol, was nothing wrong with it in the 1st place just fitting them coz i have several new ons lol
, poxy bloody things lol, was nothing wrong with it in the 1st place just fitting them coz i have several new ons lol
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