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Sub Frame

Jonah11
Jonah11
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Hi guys. Me again with another problem. I swear my luck with cars is just not getting any better. So as you may know I had my clutch, dmf etc .. Etc ... Changed last year and the guy dropped the sub frame but in the process one if the nuts came free at the rear. To my knowledge the rear nuts are mig welded to the chassis but are hidden. How do I get to this nut? I'm really losing all patience with this peice of c**p. :-)

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    have you got a haynes manual?

    It shows the nuts are just that - nuts. Nothing welded or special there. It only offers an advisory of needing a dealer tool for the subframe bushes, so just be careful.

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    No Haynes manual but I'm sure I can get hold of one :-)

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    Definitely worth picking one up eBay does them for a tenner or so but yeah I can only see nuts in the manual

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    Know what nuts your on about, subframe bolt that hold subframe to body, sounds like been crossthreaded and kept tightening until nut pulls from body?

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    They should be standard but if they are stripped you might struggle

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    If its the nuts im thinking of then he will need to measure where it is in relation to above in the footwell l and cut a hole to acess nut

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    Yeah been to a garage today and you have to it a hole in footwell to access the nut and spot weld the nut back to the body. :-/

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    Yeh , thats it, then weld the hole back up or thick floor mat.lol

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    Spot on mate cheers. The guy said no more than £50 to fix. Does that sound right ? :-)

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