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 power steering leak |
Arctic
 27th Mar 2025 11:54 pm
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 9 · Views: 469 · Subject: power steering leak |
| well here goes, my neighbour kindly offered a lending hand to do this. Vehicle jacked up on axle stands for safety, tyre off wheel arch liner out and started with the T40 torx bolt which came out nice ... |
| power steering leak |
Arctic
24th Mar 2025 1:30 pm
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 9 · Views: 469 · Subject: power steering leak |
This happened to MY07 back in 2019.
https://i.imgur.com/fzu7dEcl.jpg1
I also bought the top hose.
https://i.imgur.com/kDNCrPql.jpg2
https://i.imgur.com/0DWH9sMl.jpg3
https://www.brookwell.c ... |
| Have I found the cause of my rough running ? |
Arctic
24th Mar 2025 12:59 pm
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 9 · Views: 530 · Subject: Have I found the cause of my rough running ? |
| Petrol variants only i presume. |
| Oil Changes Auto 2014 |
Arctic
11th Mar 2025 1:01 am
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 65 · Views: 14067 · Subject: Oil Changes Auto 2014 |
| Now the weather is warming up a few more jobs to do on my two FL2 including changing the PTU oil again. |
| Service Your Haldex |
Arctic
1st Mar 2025 9:00 am
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Forum: General · Replies: 8 · Views: 826 · Subject: Service Your Haldex |
Hi Dean.
Watched the video good explanation of how to clean the filter , but there is more to it than that click the link below.
Matt Fault finder.
https://www.haldexrepairs.co.uk/lan ... |
| Front coil springs |
Arctic
1st Mar 2025 12:44 am
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 17 · Views: 1349 · Subject: Front coil springs |
| Ok so just a quick report, after a few days of trying to slowly drill out the sheared bolt i gave up, decided to get a second hand hub from a local breaker on Thursday morning, spent another few hours ... |
| Front Spring and shock replacement |
Arctic
1st Mar 2025 12:43 am
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 53 · Views: 13993 · Subject: Front Spring and shock replacement |
| Ok so just a quick report, after a few days of trying to slowly drill out the sheared bolt i gave up, decided to get a second hand hub from a local breaker on Thursday morning, spent another few hours ... |
| Front Spring and shock replacement |
Arctic
24th Feb 2025 2:00 am
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 53 · Views: 13993 · Subject: Front Spring and shock replacement |
Bobupndown
Would it be an option to drill it right out oversize and use a larger diameter, longer bolt with a nut on the outside to clamp the hub back against the strut?
Seems a simpler plan.
H ... |
| Front coil springs |
Arctic
23rd Feb 2025 3:31 pm
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 17 · Views: 1349 · Subject: Front coil springs |
| So the update so far is the sheared bolt as now been cut in the middle, and I've managed to drill the bolt out to 7mm just leaving about 3mm until you would damage the thread in the hub few photo as a ... |
| Front Spring and shock replacement |
Arctic
23rd Feb 2025 3:24 pm
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 53 · Views: 13993 · Subject: Front Spring and shock replacement |
| So the update so far is the sheared bolt as now been cut in the middle, and I've managed to drill the bolt out to 7mm just leaving about 3mm until you would damage the thread in the hub few photo as a ... |
| Front Spring and shock replacement |
Arctic
22nd Feb 2025 1:29 am
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 53 · Views: 13993 · Subject: Front Spring and shock replacement |
Hi Fatal Apathy.
https://i.imgur.com/daSBh6El.jpg1
Thank you for the photo above it now shows my what i have left in the hub, it looks like the bolts as sheered just before t ... |
| Front Spring and shock replacement |
Arctic
21st Feb 2025 2:47 pm
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 53 · Views: 13993 · Subject: Front Spring and shock replacement |
Well today i decided to try the old method as above and got the bolt moving nicely, little at a time using heat, plus gas, long bar and a long ratchet.
You can what i was dealing with below.
https ... |
| Front coil springs |
Arctic
21st Feb 2025 2:46 pm
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 17 · Views: 1349 · Subject: Front coil springs |
Juels.
Because the bolt spans an air gap you can get corrosion along the whole length of the bolt.
I found a long bar - lots of penetrating oil and little turns back and forth eventually got ... |
| Front coil springs |
Arctic
19th Feb 2025 12:53 am
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 17 · Views: 1349 · Subject: Front coil springs |
Get a can of freeze spray, heat the nut & cool the bolt. It might give a bit more thermal expansion difference to break the joint a whisker more.
There is no nut just a bolt that fixes into t ... |
| Front Spring and shock replacement |
Arctic
18th Feb 2025 5:08 pm
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 53 · Views: 13993 · Subject: Front Spring and shock replacement |
| Well i spent at least 3 hours today wire wheeling the threads, and using penetrating fluid then using a hugger gun on the strut bolt never even budged all the others that might need removing i got sta ... |
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