tenpole wrote:I got one link on but before I could tighten it I had to down tools and take my wife to hospital as her father had turned ill rather badly with blood poisoning.
You need a 17mm spanner for the locking nut and a thin 15mm for the flats on the bolt to hold it steady. You only need to raise one side at a time. Always use axle stands never just the jack even when using a trolley jack.
As t goes I ended up using the trolley jack to lift the roll bar into position.
Glad he's on the mend.
If you have both wheels off the ground, you won't need to jack the roll bar. It will line up naturally.
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EdmundIJones wrote:Indeed, mine were the hex version, however, the bolt was so rusted on the hex head broke up and turned into a round head so there was nothing to grip on. It wasn't ideally but the two flats would have been best.
Indeed, a very common problem and I have found that most versions have these rather than the more useful "flats", however one bit of advice I would give for removal is to use a spare nut with the same thread and screw it into the exposed bit a couple of times before you do anything, this will clear the rusted thread better than any wire brush. If you are replacing them and not just removing them to do other work then you can use mole grips where the rubber boot sits as well, cut the boot off so you can see the best part to clamp.
You likely won't get a lot of responses, as you posted under a 6 year old thread about replacing drop links.
You haven't said which engine you have, so I've guessed the 1.6. You could try replacing the inlet air pressure/temperature sensor. Also camshaft position sensor. Both are cheap.
IanL wrote: ↑Sat Jan 09, 2021 9:34 am
You likely won't get a lot of responses, as you posted under a 6 year old thread about replacing drop links.
You haven't said which engine you have, so I've guessed the 1.6. You could try replacing the inlet air pressure/temperature sensor. Also camshaft position sensor. Both are cheap.
Hi,
I would not have thought of a faulty MAP? sensor or temperature sensor preventing the engine from starting. Buy/borrow an OBD2 reader?