Well, if you want to become a DPO, you could stick the stock bolt through
the oversized captive nut and put a regular nut behind it. It is
accessible from behind, right?
Ulix
On Mon, 21 Sep 1998, Peter wrote:
> Listers,
> Mike Gigante emailed me that he is struggling with the bolt that Monty
> successfully removed from his front Sprite shock (good work, Monty). This
> is the rear-most of the 3 bolts that mount a front shock. As discussed
> previously that bolt hole needs to have a sleeve. Apparently the PO had
> aleady replaced and over-sized the captive nut. Any suggestions on the best
> way to go back to the 3/8" size so that the sleeve remains in the shock? I
> don't have a sub-frame or car to look at at the moment. Thanks for any
> assistance.
> Cheers Peter C
> ---------------------
> Mike wrote:
> >I have a small problem though - the PO had obviously stripped
> >then captured nut in the shock mount "ears" on the RH side, rearmost
> >nut. A larger nut and bolt (5/8 head instead of 9/16 head) have been used
> >and the rear mounting hol on the shock has been enlarged to take
> >the larger bolt.
> >
> >I see there is a sleeve in the shock body, so I'd guess that I can't just
> >drill out the hole in the shock body (that you sent me) to take the larger
> >bolt. Any suggestions? I was thinking of a helicoil or something like
> >it if I can get one in the right thread sizes.
> >
> >Mike
> >
>
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