Xsara suspension leg pinch-bolt siezed

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Re: Xsara suspension leg pinch-bolt siezed

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Skull wrote:Jeez I thought they were for the caliper :oops: .......
Semantics sorry man!! They are but i'd take the two (7mm allen?? 10mm hex??) Bolts out of the caliper slides instead?
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Re: Xsara suspension leg pinch-bolt siezed

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Aren't those bolts actually a pentagon socket bolt? Or am I thinking of something else?
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Re: Xsara suspension leg pinch-bolt siezed

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I have a feeling they were pentagonal on (some) BXs; these will be T55. No need to remove them though, just the ones to lift the caliper off that you would undo to change the pads. They look a bit manky though, so I would be tempted to get them out whilst the hub is on the bench and you've got room to attack, it will make life easier when it comes to disc change!

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Re: Xsara suspension leg pinch-bolt siezed

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Cheers all, the underbody is very rusty for a 2003 car - previous owner acquired a free car from his parents, who seem to have cherished the car for about 7 years, looks like it's been abused since with a daily drive down a dirt track to and from work :(

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Re: Xsara suspension leg pinch-bolt siezed

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Well job is finished now ... hopefully anyway got a few more bits to sort for the MoT ...

In the end I persevered with the in-situ drilling :roll: we'll never know if the bolt would have drifted out or not but take a look at the later stages and you can just see the edge of the bolt that remained (at about 2 o' clock in the hole) .... cant be more than 1/5 of it left in but it wasn't budging in my opinion .....

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Thanks RichardW and Chinkostu for your advice which I ignored in my ignorance.

Next time I'll know the preferred way and leave the pinch-bolt well alone ... tough bugger :twisted: THEY were right :?
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Re: Xsara suspension leg pinch-bolt siezed

Post by Stewart(oily) »

Is the balljoint on those riveted/bolted into the wishbone on those? Golfs actually come apart there.
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Re: Xsara suspension leg pinch-bolt siezed

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Stewart(oily)

The ball joint is bolted onto the wishbone. Good deal on the Halfords bar might have been a better idea with that guarantee.

The more I get under it the more work I see ...

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