Stustag kindly offered to help put my diff and rear suspension back today and all went reasonably well until we came to tighten up the subframe mounting bolts.
Started to tighten them and they seemed to protrude a hell of a way through the locking nut and did not seem to be securing the mounting.
Eventually became so concerned that we took one bolt back out and compared it with the one old bolt I had left (Had to angle grind one off as it had siezed solid through the sleeve in the mounting bush!):?
Reason found......:shock::shock: the new bolt is 30 mm longer on the shank than the original - No way would it have tightened up and secured the mounting. Question is is this the wrong part as it came as a part of a Rear suspension rebuild kit from ANG. I have now e-mailed them and am awaiting a response - hope we can get it sorted as, following his visit to me, Stustag's UJ appears to have gone and he's stripped the trailing arm studs fitting his spare - NOT A GOOD DAY!:X:X:X
Anyone used an ANG kit - did you have a similar problem or have I been sent a duff kit?
Started to tighten them and they seemed to protrude a hell of a way through the locking nut and did not seem to be securing the mounting.
Eventually became so concerned that we took one bolt back out and compared it with the one old bolt I had left (Had to angle grind one off as it had siezed solid through the sleeve in the mounting bush!):?
Reason found......:shock::shock: the new bolt is 30 mm longer on the shank than the original - No way would it have tightened up and secured the mounting. Question is is this the wrong part as it came as a part of a Rear suspension rebuild kit from ANG. I have now e-mailed them and am awaiting a response - hope we can get it sorted as, following his visit to me, Stustag's UJ appears to have gone and he's stripped the trailing arm studs fitting his spare - NOT A GOOD DAY!:X:X:X
Anyone used an ANG kit - did you have a similar problem or have I been sent a duff kit?
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