Reply With QuoteDoesn't sound right. I had to cut one out and I used a 1mm cutting disk on the grinder and it took longer than that. Bot sure if the new ones are marked as high tensile as such but they seem pretty solid.
TimJ.
Master
Or soggy cake maybe??? It would seem so with the lack of effort required to cut them out when the bushes were seized to the bolts. I was expecting some effort with the hacksaw but 20 seconds later they were through, I would have expected high tensile at the least, not something that cut through easier than mild steel or aluminium. For the record these are the large bolts that go through the springs and spring bushes on a series 3.
Are they made this way so they wear or shear? Or did the vehicle just have some cheap ones fitted? Or maybe I'm just using very good blades on my hacksaw.
Wizard
Doesn't sound right. I had to cut one out and I used a 1mm cutting disk on the grinder and it took longer than that. Bot sure if the new ones are marked as high tensile as such but they seem pretty solid.
TimJ.
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Master
This is on the wagon I was wrecking that you got the seats from. I was expecting effort but I was cutting upwards (ie from the bottom of the car with the saw upside down so couldn't put any weight on it) and it was effortless. Using a standard 32T hacksaw blade so nothing fancy. Had to cut one front off on one side and a rear on both sides and took no time at all.Originally Posted by Timj
won't be reusing the rest of those bolts methinks!
ForumSage
SupporterSounds like someone has replaced them with bolts that 'look right' rather 'are right' for the job.
You can buy the soft bolts from Bunnings, sorry I can't remember the exact isle number
Colin
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OldBushie
They aren't high tensile if it was that easy,series bolts are 9/16 UNF from memory and are quite exxy so a mild steel one was fitted instead most likely. Pat
Swaggie
What markings are on the head of the bolt???
IME though the bolts aren't incredibly hard - maybe around grade 5.
ChatterBox
Dunno but my old series 72 series 2A had axles made of cheese
AT REST
A 32 tpi hacksaw blade is correct for cutting the kind of medium-high tensile (grade 5 or 8.8) bolts used in suspension joints. They should be quite easy to cut with a new blade. You don't use harder bolts as they are prone to snap suddenly. 24 tpi is recommended for mild steel, 32 might have clogged a bit with cutting mild steel.
RoverLord
The shackle bolts on Series Landrovers are 1/2" BSF or after some time in Series 2 9/16"UNF. The load on them is not particul of the bush and arly high and there is no movement or wear unless the bush fails, so they do not need to be very hard. While mild steel would almost certainly be adequate, I am pretty certain that they should be high tensile, mainly because they need to compress the cheeks against the centre tube, and you do not want them to stretch and relax this load.
John
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YarnMaster
The thread is 1/2" BSF but the bolt diameter inside the bush is 9/16" - the later UNF bolts are not shouldered,
Cheers Charlie
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