Back again after a long absence and have a question re my new-to-me '84 td Rabbit.
I had to change the driver side cv and axle and noticed the a-arm rattling around in its mount. After the axle install I went to put the rattly bolt back in and couldn't catch a thread. So the frame horn is stripped, right? Can I tap & die it? How much material do I have to work with in there?
If anyone has any experience with this repair I would appreciate the input.
Thanks
The bentley gaves a fairly good explanation on how to fix that. Cut the horn open, knock off the nut, weld a new one on and then "back then" you could buy the patch to fix the hole, IDK about now though.
how bad was the bolt? Could it have been the bolt didn't have good threads? I would at least try tapping the frame horn and gettting a new bolt to see if it works.
The bentley gaves a fairly good explanation on how to fix that.
What? I spent ages searching online and all I had to do was read ahead a little?! I'll remember that lesson. And I'll go read up on it right now.
how bad was the bolt? Could it have been the bolt didn't have good threads? I would at least try tapping the frame horn and gettting a new bolt to see if it works.
The bolt looks like it is in great shape and almost slides right in. I think if I tap it I will have to go one size up. But now that you mentioned it I will go take a closer look before I do anything.
Thanks for the replies folks, eager to get this unexpected repair out of the way so I can move on to the ones I already knew about.
Come to think of it, a few years ago I was rebushing the control arms and when I went to put the bolt back in I sorta cross threaded it......
. I wasn't thinking and tried using the air impact to start the bolt, I didn't try very long but after that I couldn't even start the bolt right so I ran a tap through it and that fixed it.