ideas to solve pinch bolt problem once and for all
#11
this is exactly what i do. well, not once a month, i do it at every oil change. its actually quite simple because you can reach it over the tires without taking the wheels off. i had to drill both of them out entirely when i did my control arms...
#14
The drill press must help a lot. We've had to use a hand drill and to be honest, I'd rather **** glass than drill out another pinch bolt. Maybe the ones we've had to deal with were excessively bad, but even using cutting oil, we go through 4-5 cobalt bits on one pinch bolt, which typically comes out as dust and small fragments. Absolutely no fun at all.
#15
Zadeluca, where in central NY are you? There's a group of us from this forum in Binghamton, a few more in Ithaca and Corning area, couple in the Poconos (90 minutes south of Binghamton), and a few in Syracuse as well. You near any of us?
#17
The drill press must help a lot. We've had to use a hand drill and to be honest, I'd rather **** glass than drill out another pinch bolt. Maybe the ones we've had to deal with were excessively bad, but even using cutting oil, we go through 4-5 cobalt bits on one pinch bolt, which typically comes out as dust and small fragments. Absolutely no fun at all.
im around utica. i posted in the regional forum a while ago and dan mcboost messaged me about all the different get togethers around CNY, but i keep forgetting to write him back
#18
Yeah I haven't met him yet either. Myself, Hiwords, Devildub, Emilgevor, Meloman, Tware4021, Blacksheep, Frostyflax17, Me_in_NY, and others are all in this area. Let me know if you ever plan to head down this way or if you're just bored with a free day and I'll see about rounding up the guys and meeting up with you.
#19
I don't think there's any way around the pinch bolt issue.
I drilled my driver side bolt today. After a ton of heat and sledge hammering the bolt moved about .5 mm, so back to the drill. Using proper cutting fluid definitely speeds things up.
Having decent aim helps also -- this time the bit came out through the nut dead center.
I drilled my driver side bolt today. After a ton of heat and sledge hammering the bolt moved about .5 mm, so back to the drill. Using proper cutting fluid definitely speeds things up.
Having decent aim helps also -- this time the bit came out through the nut dead center.
Last edited by redmond1501; 11-12-2011 at 07:42 PM.
#20
well i got another knuckle (it was the wrong one, go figure) so i went to the hardware store, hardware hank, and lo and behold they had the exact bolt i needed in stainless. same length same width same head size. the only difference was they had 1 pitch and the pinch bolt is 1.25 so close enough. but im thinking ill run a lock washer for safety