Roof strut problem....
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Unbelievable...!
Whilst putting the roof down on my Chim, I pulled the passenger strut and guess what, the bit where it's bolted onto the car (below the rear window) came off (well nearly, it's kind of hanging on somehow), haven't been able to screw the bolt back in yet, but I have a feeling that's not going to be enough (I tried to at least tighten it with my fingers, which didn't seem to work, as it easily comes out again!)
How could this happen?
And if the bolt won't tighten up again, what do I do? I've only had the car just over a month!
Please help guys...
Whilst putting the roof down on my Chim, I pulled the passenger strut and guess what, the bit where it's bolted onto the car (below the rear window) came off (well nearly, it's kind of hanging on somehow), haven't been able to screw the bolt back in yet, but I have a feeling that's not going to be enough (I tried to at least tighten it with my fingers, which didn't seem to work, as it easily comes out again!)
How could this happen?
And if the bolt won't tighten up again, what do I do? I've only had the car just over a month!
Please help guys...
It can happen cos the nut on the other side has come undoen or you have pulled it through the GRP.
The cure is:
1. Sell the car to someone else either in perfect sunshine (roof down) or rain (roof up).
2. Look in side the boot and remove the carpet etc from the back of the boot. May be stuck on may not. Be careful though as you can damage this stuff and it needs to be put back.
Find the offending nut and see what the prob is. I would guess it is loose (tighten up with someone else on the other side) of the GRP is damaged. This means doing a quick GRP repair and redrilling the hole.
Steve
www.tvrbooks.co.uk
The cure is:
1. Sell the car to someone else either in perfect sunshine (roof down) or rain (roof up).
2. Look in side the boot and remove the carpet etc from the back of the boot. May be stuck on may not. Be careful though as you can damage this stuff and it needs to be put back.
Find the offending nut and see what the prob is. I would guess it is loose (tighten up with someone else on the other side) of the GRP is damaged. This means doing a quick GRP repair and redrilling the hole.
Steve
www.tvrbooks.co.uk
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GRP=Fibreglass
Ah ha...I see....however, I'm now too scared to look, in case there's some damage, it made a bit of a 'Thud' when it went.
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It can happen cos the nut on the other side has come undoen or you have pulled it through the GRP
I reckon, from what you said, I have managed to pull it through...bugger...is this going to be bad and possibly expensive?
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Just to expand a little, GRP stands for Glass Reinforced Plastic, which is what Fibreglass is. In fact, I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if "fibreglass" was a trade name that has become a generic work in the same way as "biro", "hoover" and "tarmac" have.
Not to forget my favourite of all time ...
Tannoy
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Just to expand a little, GRP stands for Glass Reinforced Plastic, which is what Fibreglass is. In fact, I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if "fibreglass" was a trade name that has become a generic work in the same way as "biro", "hoover" and "tarmac" have.
Not to forget CRP (Carbon Reinforced Plastic aka carbon fibre) and ARP (Aramide Reinforcrced Plastice AKA Kevlar)
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