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Drilling rear bottom shock mounts
Has anyone done this as a preventative measure before the bolt sheers in it? If so can you get away with an HSS bit as you are not drilling through the hardened steel sheered off bolt, just the shock mount on the axle?
Will it take forever with an HSS bit?
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kirkynut wrote: Will it take forever with an HSS bit?Cheers
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Probably Rob.
These days I seem to be drilling bolts out all over the place and TBH it takes forever (I use HSS bits) - rotting Pinin innit lol. I tend to sharpen the drill almost twice in a use.
What choice do you have though!!
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It's a headlight bolt from a 3" jimny bodylift... been on for 4 laning trips now.
I'm planning to get some bottom shock sleeve inserts made with a 10mm hole rather than a 12mm...
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standard jimny - for now
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Robs5230, you make interesting points about fatigue and angles.
Mine have been abused in the past but not failed once. This was with no castor correction with a 3" lift too.
Now I have Castor Correction and new bolts. We shall see. It is certainly easier to do it now than when a bolt is sheared off inside!
I grease them with waterproof grease on the bolt threads regularly and carry spare bolts, should one come out, but do them up with my electric impact gun, so they are unlikely to do so and never have.
I shall have a think!
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kirkynut wrote: I shall have a think!
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Hey Rob, have you finished thinking?
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helijohn wrote:
kirkynut wrote: I shall have a think!
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Hey Rob, have you finished thinking?
Nope! It hurts and I've just had a stroke! Not another one, the original one!
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