New bits for MX5 :)

[GravelBen]

The MX5 has been getting some trademe treatment, new wheels and also finally got round to fitting the rollbar thats been sitting round the house for months. Has tightened up the handling quite noticably, and a good excuse for some photos too

[Bull1t]

What are you doing driving around in a car that

carjam said:

The WOF expired more than 3 weeks ago (21st January 2009). Last inspection was successful on 21st July 2008.

Edited by Bull1t on Monday 16th February 11:07

[GravelBen]

Stalker!


Failed WOF for lack of tyre tread, new wheels only arrived to put on last night. Had to take it for a quick drive to make sure they were safe and not vibrating etc before re-check today. Honestly occifer!

[Kylie]

Wow Ben the car looks fantastic, but you have cheated by placing the shiny toy in drooling scenery! Perhaps you should start a great NZ pics thread You been doing any more climbing in the alps or too hot down there at mo?

[GravelBen]

Thanks, the scenery certainly helps! Not much climbing lately unfortunately, just been too busy to really get away.

[GravelBen]

Hmmm so after getting it back road-legal again my cheapo trademe shortshift kit (should have known better) has decided to fall apart

Well its only the plastic bushing on the bottom of the shifter thats gone to bits but with the effect of a very loose floppy shift lever and a bare metal end in the shift mechanism, so back to original shifter it is. Except my gearknob now seems to be a little too firmly attached to the shortshift lever, and I managed to rip one of the rubber gaiters taking it off. And then while screwing things temporarily back together one of the 3 bolts which holds said gaiter onto the shifter turret decided to shear off, just lovely!

So its gonna be a few more days before I can take it out for a thrashing...


ETA: Any suggestions on the easiest way remove a 10mm bolt with the head sheared off?

Edited by GravelBen on Tuesday 17th February 22:28

[Omerta]

Bugger eh... Can you drill it through and replace with a bolt & nut? Or drill through & retap to a larger size? Or with more cost and effort for a proper job drill through and put in a helicoil insert. I have managed to drill out the middle of a bolt and pick out the thread before, but there's a high risk of ruining the thread.

[GravelBen]

Hmm might have to try drilling, though it could be ok leaving it with just 2 of the 3 holding it down as theres never going to be much force applied to it - you can see the bit I'm talking about (smaller of the 2 gaiters, covered with muck in one photo) in this linky:

http://www.mx-5.com/me%20my%20mx-5/tips%20tricks/a...

[Kylie]

Are you handy with a wielder ? Wield a bolt to it and keep trying.

Know how you feel I got my @rse smacked by the OH just recently when trying to remove the master cyclinder for cleaning and polishing and sheared the corroded bolt off Was able to drill and tap and place new SS bolt in there with proper anti seize goop.

Good luck

[GravelBen]

Never done any welding but its sheared slightly below flush so not sure if that would work. Flatmate builds engines for a living so will pick his brains tonight and get laughed at.

[GravelBen]

Sorted

The fulla who knows what he's doing started drilling then hooked the end of the drill bit onto a sharp broken edge of the bolt and unscrewed it with that.

Apparently left-handed drill bits are generally the best way to do it, once they bite into the top of the bolt it'll unscrew rather than letting the drill bit through unless its really stuck.

Edited by GravelBen on Thursday 19th February 02:19

[iwilson]

Just use a screw extractor. Drill a hole in the bolt and insert extractor. They're very cheap, SuperAuto/Repco etc all stock them.



Just be very careful when drilling the hole in the bolt that it is straight and use a centre punch to get started.

Edit: Oops, just got home from work and didn't refresh the page before posting

Edited by iwilson on Thursday 19th February 04:26