Important! : Rear ainti roll bar arms bolt snap and hole roundish off

15th June 2012, 23:35

Hi everyone my car today was bashing from the rear end the little bolt for arb rear has snap and the thread has gone now I'm stuck I don't want to change the hole axle as it a fresh one with new parts fitted now which are my options to fix please
Can I weld them up with a bolt inside position or drill strate throw please help

15th June 2012, 23:38

I think you could try and weld a nut onto whats left to get the thread out or you could drill it out and re-tap the hole then fit a slightly bigger bolt. I've put stainless bolts in mine now as I think they're a bit stronger and obviously don't rust

15th June 2012, 23:45

Thanks for the reply mate what kinda tools do I require for this job ?? If you have and links for the tool that be great

15th June 2012, 23:56

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Originally Posted by Ben_SaxoForte

I think you could try and weld a nut onto whats left to get the thread out or you could drill it out and re-tap the hole then fit a slightly bigger bolt. I've put stainless bolts in mine now as I think they're a bit stronger and obviously don't rust

I was advised against stainless arb bolts for rear arbs, they also need to be a special strength tensile bolt - stainless is too brittle so I was told . Speak to swampy he sells them

16th June 2012, 00:04

Well all I'm after which is the best repair for the job
Because I need to fix ASAP

16th June 2012, 00:09

well obviously a welder if you do it that way or if you drill it you need a drill and a good drill bit and a tap and die set. I would get a link but im too tired now lol.. stainless bolts have been fine for me for about a year but just get whats best im no bolt expert. could also use an extracting tool to get the thread out but your a bit buggered if that snaps off in the hole aswell

16th June 2012, 00:17

Ok mate thanks for the reply much appriacted when your freer tommorow can you post the link or thread I. Here cheers

16th June 2012, 00:17

Could get a reverse threaded drill bit and as you drill in it may loosen what's left of the bolt or infact pull it out for you? There's lots of things with opposite threads these days so you can tap into stuff and remove it that way :-)

16th June 2012, 00:43

Kool all I wana do is make the hole bigger than make a new thread so your saying I can get any size drill bit and when I put it on to reverse it will make a new thread so I'm off to focus or home base tommorow and what's is the name of the drill bit called I.e because it needs to be a special peace don't it

16th June 2012, 01:06

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Originally Posted by saxovtsnap

Kool all I wana do is make the hole bigger than make a new thread so your saying I can get any size drill bit and when I put it on to reverse it will make a new thread so I'm off to focus or home base tommorow and what's is the name of the drill bit called I.e because it needs to be a special peace don't it

If you want to drill the old one out in the old fashioned method and put a bigger bolt in you need a good metal drill bit and a tap and dye set.

My post above was a left threaded drill bit to tap into what's left of the existing bolt in the hope it will loosen it.. You could try a stud extraction kit too or something else? Depends of there's any of the bolt left sticking out :-)

16th June 2012, 02:20

i paid pug1off to remove my snapped arb bolt and replace it with a new one only cost a few quid lol saying that i did have a lot of other work done at the same time..

18th June 2012, 14:35

Ok thanks guys I'm going to get a drill set and give ago see how it goes bloody Saxo love them but give you probs all the time lol