sid
14th July 2018, 09:39 PM
Have spent the last day or so replacing rusted door hinge screws on the 130 (Td5). Bought a stainless set from 4x4outdoortuning among other cosmetic and preventative maintenance bits and pieces, such as some stainless air vent pins and seat box protectors.
Anyhow - got to the third-last screw removal, some had been tough to move, but all thus far had come out in one piece. Got some movement on the head, and though I'd managed to undo it, but the head and about an inch of screw came out and I realised I'd broken the very rusted screw. Some things in my favour - it's a rear door screw. Not in my favour - it's a B pillar screw into a captive nut, not into the door with a nut I can access. I can see the back of the screw from underneath the car, but can't easily get to it.
Tips for getting it out? I figure I've got two options:
1) Drill it out and try to re-thread the nut. Disadvantage here it that I'm nit sure the captive nut would take the abuse, and I'd have to remove about 3 inches of long screw.
2) Try and get a grip on the rear of the screw with some vicegrips and continue turning it until it exits the nut on the inboard side, under the car. (Edit: in the pic from underneath, you can see the other new black screw and the older corroded and busted screw at under it).
Some pics attached.
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Also - removed the corroded windscreen brackets for some black anodised aluminium Britpart ones. Much better. The old ones were beginning to discolour the paint.
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Anyhow - got to the third-last screw removal, some had been tough to move, but all thus far had come out in one piece. Got some movement on the head, and though I'd managed to undo it, but the head and about an inch of screw came out and I realised I'd broken the very rusted screw. Some things in my favour - it's a rear door screw. Not in my favour - it's a B pillar screw into a captive nut, not into the door with a nut I can access. I can see the back of the screw from underneath the car, but can't easily get to it.
Tips for getting it out? I figure I've got two options:
1) Drill it out and try to re-thread the nut. Disadvantage here it that I'm nit sure the captive nut would take the abuse, and I'd have to remove about 3 inches of long screw.
2) Try and get a grip on the rear of the screw with some vicegrips and continue turning it until it exits the nut on the inboard side, under the car. (Edit: in the pic from underneath, you can see the other new black screw and the older corroded and busted screw at under it).
Some pics attached.
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Also - removed the corroded windscreen brackets for some black anodised aluminium Britpart ones. Much better. The old ones were beginning to discolour the paint.
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