HELP: Mondeo front hub and suspension problem
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Hi Guys,
A long shot but can anyone offer me some advice on the following please..
Mondeo Mk2 1997 V6
I went to remove the passenger side front hub as I needed to change the wheel bearing.
Anyway, whilst trying to seperate the hub carrier from the shock absorber, I managed to snap the bolt that pinches the carrier to the strut.
My question is, can I drill out the old bolt and just replace it with a longer bolt and nut or do I need a new hub carrier. ?
If I need a new carrier, where the hell can I get one as they seem to be like rocking horse shit and I dont really want to buy a brand new one !!
Thanks in advance
A long shot but can anyone offer me some advice on the following please..
Mondeo Mk2 1997 V6
I went to remove the passenger side front hub as I needed to change the wheel bearing.
Anyway, whilst trying to seperate the hub carrier from the shock absorber, I managed to snap the bolt that pinches the carrier to the strut.
My question is, can I drill out the old bolt and just replace it with a longer bolt and nut or do I need a new hub carrier. ?
If I need a new carrier, where the hell can I get one as they seem to be like rocking horse shit and I dont really want to buy a brand new one !!
Thanks in advance
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I snapped the pinch bolt on my mates rear strut on his mondeo.It took me ages to drill the bolt out.I had the electric drill smoking lol.I would get one from a scrapy if i was you.
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I concur wholeheartedly with Mr Licker, had this very occurrence manifest itself on Ford vehicles before, further more, we have also seen some quite novel approaches in the shape of previous repairs carried out by the automotive equivalent of Mr O'reilly.
We tend to offer a spot of heat to these blighter's in the first instance, just to get things moving, but avoid getting things too hot as it can lead to other problems & collateral damage.
We tend to offer a spot of heat to these blighter's in the first instance, just to get things moving, but avoid getting things too hot as it can lead to other problems & collateral damage.
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Thanks for the advice.. Unfortunately, I dont have any way to heat it that hot and also dont have a stud extractor.
May have to bite the bullet and take it to a garage ..LOL
May have to bite the bullet and take it to a garage ..LOL
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or do what glenn above did to mine, spend three hours drilling it out, and burn out two drills in the process lol
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I drilled one out on mums bf's Jaguar after it snapped (same as MK2 mondeo suspension) took 20 mins with a plug in drill, used small drill bits and plenty of WD40 and worked the size up, then nut and bolted it, its been fine, and still is 9000 miles and one MOT later.
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not just me who had problems with pinch bolts snapping
changed the near side coil spring (shock horror) on my 51 plate mondeo today; everything was going well until i come to undo the pinch bolt on the strut, it started undoing then snapped!! ended up removing the driveshaft out the hub and drilling it and using a stud extractor
went to fords and the pinch bolt was 10 quid something, plus the VAT! robbing barstards!! the hub nut i also bought was £1.14 + VAT, how they can justify that is beyond me
changed the near side coil spring (shock horror) on my 51 plate mondeo today; everything was going well until i come to undo the pinch bolt on the strut, it started undoing then snapped!! ended up removing the driveshaft out the hub and drilling it and using a stud extractor
went to fords and the pinch bolt was 10 quid something, plus the VAT! robbing barstards!! the hub nut i also bought was £1.14 + VAT, how they can justify that is beyond me
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just under a year ago, when glenn fitted my spax springs, i bought four pinch bolts, and two bottom arm bolts, from ford, and they charged me over £25. and also charged me £9 for a gasket when i fitted my decat. so for a gasket, and 6 bolts, over £35 all in. robbing cunts.
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remove the strut and hub and get it onto abench
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if your bits are sharp enough or good enough quality then it shouldn't take more than 5 minutes to drill them out enough to be able to tap the remenants out of the way
then you can drill away to your hearts content
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if your bits are sharp enough or good enough quality then it shouldn't take more than 5 minutes to drill them out enough to be able to tap the remenants out of the way
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Use some cobalt drills bits, the metal isn't hard as metals go, just nice and gentle working up sizes to just under the bolt size, you will find winding a tap in there will get it all out then, but at worst drill 1mm bigger and nut/bolt it, it's still clamped and perfectly safe.
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