dmblbit
Active Member
Have replaced all four 47 year old shocks with pretty blue GAZ adjustable ones.
Having read some of the previous threads on this topic I bought 5mm stainless steel marine quality split pins (boatfittings.co.uk) to retain the bottom bushes in the front ones. Getting them on was a nightmare. The blue bushes seem much harder than the originals and didn't yield much at all, so I couldn't get an open ended spanner in as suggested elsewhere, so ended up using two flat bladed screwdrivers, an old drill bit in the vertical hole, and a lot of bad language.
Anyway, they're in now at last.
Unfortunately, when I undid the four 1/2" AF bolts holding the bottom plate for the offside rear shock absorber, it appears on of the threads was stripped - female side - not the bolt. Does anyone know what's behind there, and have any suggestions to resolve this? I don't feel comfortable riding around with just three holding it on.
Having read some of the previous threads on this topic I bought 5mm stainless steel marine quality split pins (boatfittings.co.uk) to retain the bottom bushes in the front ones. Getting them on was a nightmare. The blue bushes seem much harder than the originals and didn't yield much at all, so I couldn't get an open ended spanner in as suggested elsewhere, so ended up using two flat bladed screwdrivers, an old drill bit in the vertical hole, and a lot of bad language.
Anyway, they're in now at last.
Unfortunately, when I undid the four 1/2" AF bolts holding the bottom plate for the offside rear shock absorber, it appears on of the threads was stripped - female side - not the bolt. Does anyone know what's behind there, and have any suggestions to resolve this? I don't feel comfortable riding around with just three holding it on.