HELP WITH GEARBOX MOUNT ASAP!

[Russ_16v]

im doing this now as in the sticky thread at the top,but i cant get the big middle bolt undone! the mount just turns with it?

 

[Batman]

try cranking it suddenly not giving it time to turn or try nf get someone to hold it on the other side

 

[Russ_16v]

tried both mate,iv read posts saying its really easy,but iv tried finding the botom of the bolt that runs through the mount,but if i hold it it doesnt make any difference?!

iv got my car in bits so pls some1 help!

 

[Russ_16v]

right iv figured out the bolt has a nut top and bottom,so when i hold the top nut,the bottom one undoes,but when i hold the bottom one the top one wont undoo,it just makes the bottom nut move! how do i hold the bolt still to undoo the top nut??

 

[drhowser]

gutted mate. i'm in france for a week or i'd happily give you a hand!

 

[deviltronics]

put a spanner on the nut and a ratchet+socket on the bolt, turn one or both anti-clockwise (as you face them)

if it is really tight, get someone else to hold the spanner on the nut and then put all your strength into the bolt wth the ratchet.

im doing mine in the morning!

 

[DrR]

put a spanner on the nut and a ratchet+socket on the bolt, turn one or both anti-clockwise (as you face them)

if it is really tight, get someone else to hold the spanner on the nut and then put all your strength into the bolt wth the ratchet.

im doing mine in the morning!

Prob i had is how the hell do you get a spanner underneath? what size is it?

 

[Russ_16v]

prob is mate there isnt a bolt head! its a bolt with a nut on either end?

u can see what i mean in this pic the bolt is number 2

 

[Russ_16v]

u can get a spanner on the bottom,but as soon as pressure is applied on the nut on top,the nut on the bottom undoes again?!

i cant stop the bolt itself from moving

 

[davebem]

Have you got a big vice clamp on a workbench?

If you can get it out clamp it and undo it.

 

[DrR]

What thats a stupid design! do you have to take the part labeled "8" out?

 

[deviltronics]

Have you got a big vice clamp on a workbench?

If you can get it out clamp it and undo it.

Yeah just put your car (on its side) on the bench and try to get the stud in the vice! :lolup:

Anyway......

Sorry i thought it was a nut and bolt.

Have you got any mole grips or swan necks, you could try gripping the stud with these, but be careful not to nacker the threads up.

you can also try getting another two nuts of the same thread and doing them up against each other on the stud. this will give you another 'clamp' which you can put a spanner on and then undo the 'top nut' which is actually holding the mount down with another spanner. if you know what i mean. (looking at the picture there may not be enough room or thread to do this.

 

[deviltronics]

What thats a stupid design! do you have to take the part labeled "8" out?

i think he has done 8, he is trying to get 5 out.

 

[Russ_16v]

good ideas guys but u cant put another nut on the bottom of the stud,iv tried gripping the stud but it looks like it will damage the threads?


any of the pro's have an idea?

 

[deviltronics]

what do you mean? i am a pro!


will be taking mine apart later will let you know if I can come upwith a solution for you.

will the bottom nut come right off?

 

[Russ_16v]

lol only jokin matey

yes the bottom nut will come off but u wont get it bk on,there is just enough space to get an open ended spanner on it,oh word of warning u will need an open ended 18mm spanner to do the bottom nut and a 18mm socket to grip the top

the guys at work suggest using a zip gun to jerk the top nut off?

 

[deviltronics]

air gun! my compressor has packed up, so can't use the gun.

why don't just hold the bottom nut with the spanner, undo the stud so it comes right out, then take the top nut off when stud is out of the car (you won't even actually need to do this).

when you put it back in just hold the bottom nut in position and screw the stud into it.

 

[Russ_16v]

i cant because there is no room undeneath to hold the nut matey,there is barely enough room to get the spanner on the bottom nut,so if u did get the bottom nut off,u cant get ur fingers in to put the nut back onto the bottom of the stud

im taking a battery powered zip gun home tonight so hopefully that will do it

 

[deviltronics]

just finished mine

took 45 mins to do the gearbox and top engine mount!

piece of piss, although I didn't have your problem!

hope you resolve it.

 

[Russ_16v]

oh FFS!!!

did the top bolt just undo ok?

did the mount move round as ur undooing the top bolt?

 

[Russ_16v]

its done!!!!!!!



after 45 mins with the air gun its done!



but in the wet if u get over rough ground or get wheelspin it still bloody knocks!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[deviltronics]

i know, i realised that today at bedford autodrome, in the dry.

i changed both the gearbox and top engine mounts.

does not knock as bad though.

 

[Day]

Is it the defo the gearbox banging, I had something similar, turned out it was the exhaust collecting the subframe lol

 

[deviltronics]

^^^

yes i think that is my case to. i managed to bend the heatshield a bit to reduce, but it has not completly gone.

my gearbox mount was defintely knackered though.

 

[Russ_16v]

yea i assume its the exhaust knocking,but i cant flipping stop it lol

 

[deviltronics]

^^^

lol me neither

 

[Russ_16v]

Is it the defo the gearbox banging, I had something similar, turned out it was the exhaust collecting the subframe lol

how did u stop it knocking mate?