Help Diagonal Arm

Spellbound Seriously Crusin Dubber

151 posts · joined Nov 2005 · 20 Jul 2007, 8:53 pm

#602937

Hi All,'

Are the pivot bolts on the rear diagonal arm of a 76 Bug threaded - as in.....do they unscrew?? I have a 17mm hex bit for my driver and I can't get the bastards to budge an inch. Im now wondering if hey are just simply fused with crap. I have soaked extensively with WD40 to no avail.

I need them out tonight so any advice would be greatly appreciated

Cheers All 🙂

[ Edited on 20-7-2007 by Spellbound ]

Craig Torrens 6 times Australian, 7 times State Hillclimb Class Champion

8,040 posts · joined Jan 2003 · 20 Jul 2007, 8:58 pm

#602938

Yes they are threaded, you will need a long bar or a rattle gun.

Spellbound Seriously Crusin Dubber

151 posts · joined Nov 2005 · 20 Jul 2007, 9:01 pm

#602940

GREEEEAAAAT!!

Cheers Craig :thumb

Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang

9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 · 21 Jul 2007, 8:58 am

#602996

the factory peened the heads in 3 or so spots to stop them backing out
i once bought a bug that had the bolt missing :o
so make sure u peen them again when u put them back in

-Joel

Spellbound Seriously Crusin Dubber

151 posts · joined Nov 2005 · 21 Jul 2007, 2:06 pm

#603028

Excuse my ignorance - peened??

Are you suggesting that I need to hammer it out? How do you suggest I do that?

[ Edited on 21-7-2007 by Spellbound ]

RISKY_VW Commited Dubber

56 posts · joined Jun 2007 · 21 Jul 2007, 5:59 pm

#603052

na just that they have had notches hammered into them
i use a 17 bit that fits into a 1/2 drive then get a nice bit of pipe

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