LeeroyV Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 Well i got the nearside alk all fitted up nice with new wishbone bushes but the right side has proved to be an absoloute arse!!!!!first of the wishbone bolt had ceased so needed grinding to get out but thankfully local toyota had 1 spare bolt, phew. but today i wanted to finish off so got the new wishbone bushes fitted and the wishbone in place, then came to screw the 2 alk bolts into the chassis, the first went in sweet as but the second got half way in then just went loose!!!!!!! i assume there must have been a welded nut on the back on the floor for the bolt to go into ????? and there seems to be no way of getting to where the nut would be.... ahhhhhh now left with an unusable car!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!any advice help ideas would be great as im totally fecked off and need some light Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nazzurro19 Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 my alk went really hard to screw , really easy , then tightended up back to hard Quote Link to post Share on other sites
andy.i Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 threads fucked Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LeeroyV Posted September 8, 2011 Author Share Posted September 8, 2011 na i can move the bolt around, in out and angle it side to side but it wont come out and defo wont screw in. as i say it feels as though a nut has come loose and is now on the end of the bolt on the other side of the chassis Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nazzurro19 Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 looks like ull have to cut the chassis n weld the captive nut back on then i had to with my wishbone bolt Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LeeroyV Posted September 8, 2011 Author Share Posted September 8, 2011 yeh thats what im bloody thinking....... ahhh what an arse....gonna limp it down the road to the garage tomorrow as im having a new clutch fitted so they can reassess the issue when up on the ramp. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Asad Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 Dreading fitting mine now any idea if this is common on the EP82 or does it affect the EP91 too? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spuddy Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 I've heard of this happening to others. Your right there is a welded nut on the innerside and it can sometime break off causing the problem your describing.I've heard you can get at the nut by pulling up the carpets and cutting a small hole in the floor on the inside, sounds extreme but may be the only way.Now thats what I heard, no evidence to back it up so be sure before you start cutting the floor! Could maybe put something up the bolt hole and hit it with a hammer to see if it leaves a small mark on the floor on the inside, then you'd know where to make the cut. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
daveEP82 Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 It has a captive nut inside the foot well, I had mine go on me so I peeled back the carpet and started to peel the sound proofing away witch leaves a recess and hopefully the solution to the problem(as far as I can remember there was not any cutting involved but spuddy has the right idea of refrencing the point to cut and dont worry inside the foot well isnt going to affect the structure of your car as long as u don't cut it all out ) . Now I did this on my 82 in the drivers foot well. what I'm saying is its not the end of the world so don't despair...... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LeeroyV Posted September 8, 2011 Author Share Posted September 8, 2011 cheers for the replies guys... if i can get to the nut from the inside then i may just put a standard nut on the back if i can make a hole inside to fit a extended socket down and just cover it over incase i ever need to get there again :s Quote Link to post Share on other sites
_shaun_ Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 if your gonna use a standard nut make sure its atleast a nylon locking nut Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LeeroyV Posted September 8, 2011 Author Share Posted September 8, 2011 if your gonna use a standard nut make sure its atleast a nylon locking nutthat'll be the plan if its possible Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Amjad Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 Dreading fitting mine now any idea if this is common on the EP82 or does it affect the EP91 too?It went okay on mine, not impressed at the fact they've changed them to allen style bolts though! Yet to fit it to the GT.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Asad Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 thats not recent ^ ive had mine sat there for nearly 4 years and its a allen style bolt.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Amjad Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 Weird, my EP91 set has hex bolts Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nazzurro19 Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 mines hex aswell Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LeeroyV Posted September 9, 2011 Author Share Posted September 9, 2011 right found the little hole in the footwell under the sound deadening and i can feel the loose nut and end of the bolt. may just have to grind a little panel out to give me a little more acess and then hopefully get it sorted Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Socks Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 its a pain in the arse!did the same thing on mine...had to re-lay sound deadening afterwards....the nuts have the tinyiest bit of weld that just snaps clean off when you try and put any type of torque on em! :/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
5T4R7ET N/A Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 you have to be carefull when fitting these, you can put too much pressure on one bolt.do one bolt a little bit at a time.make sure that all other bolts for wishbone are loose, so track rod end and the front wishbone bush nuts have to be loose. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
McGlinchey Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 This has happend to me aswell.. Best solution is to cut the floor then? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rmsnoel Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 No lad, if you lift your carpet and scrap away/chisel the sounddeadening inside the car, roughl where the bolt should be you can just about get at it. U might need to widen the hole abit to get at it. I would tack the bolt back in place with a stick welder @mcglinchey dont be shy about takin a fews photos, mighy help the next man Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rmsnoel Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 This happened me but luckily it was whem removing it from my crashed sportif. Havnt had the heart to fit it to my new S but I might peel back the carpet and re weld the nuts on this car. Loved the gokart feel from the extra castor.How did u get on lad. Are u from tyrone? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lawrence Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 hmm this happened on my old gt, on my rear gearbox mount and i tell you that was a basterd no access hole for that had to cut the floor in real hard place, think urselfs lucky. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
McGlinchey Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 This happened me but luckily it was whem removing it from my crashed sportif. Havnt had the heart to fit it to my new S but I might peel back the carpet and re weld the nuts on this car. Loved the gokart feel from the extra castor.How did u get on lad. Are u from tyrone?Yea I'm from Tyrone.. Should get the car back tomorrow and ill pull the carpet back and take it from there.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hughes21 Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 This has happened on my glanza too ! How did you get on mcglinchey was it an easy job !? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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