Ben Willis Posted August 28, 2002 Share Posted August 28, 2002 Surely if my lowly standard XE manages to break both bolts holding the offside mount to the bolt, one of you with a monster must have had and solved the same problem? One of them broke about a year ago, but I caught it in time and there was a bit of the remainer sticking out of the block. Not so lucky this time - took ages winkling them out. The design does look a little naff, especially the ali tube spacers that are used. Current plan is to use a single ali plate for the spacer, fit top notch bolts (they were already 12.9s) and check them more often for tightness. Any other tips? Cheers, Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Wong1697456877 Posted August 28, 2002 Share Posted August 28, 2002 Unusual to break those. The actual rubber engine mounts on mine wear out quite often but the bolts have been fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EFA Posted August 28, 2002 Share Posted August 28, 2002 I've never broken these! Try torquing them less - around 40lb/ft is plenty. (with loctite) Also check the mounting is not pre-loaded - you should loosen the gearbox mount when the torque these engine mounts! Fat Arn Visit the K2 RUM site See the Lotus Seven Club 4 Counties Area Website here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelspeed Posted August 28, 2002 Share Posted August 28, 2002 Never broken mine either but Marco in Texas reported breaking his regularly. Odd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickD Posted August 28, 2002 Share Posted August 28, 2002 Not broken mine yet either but have fitted a one-piece spacer instead of Caterhams rather nasty spacer tubes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul D Jones Posted August 29, 2002 Share Posted August 29, 2002 Check you are not bottoming out the bolt before its tight. Paul. See My Car Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul D Jones Posted August 29, 2002 Share Posted August 29, 2002 Edited by - paul.d.jones on 29 Aug 2002 01:05:10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Willis Posted August 29, 2002 Author Share Posted August 29, 2002 Thanks for the replies - not sure if they are good news or not. I thought I would have heard about it before if this was a common problem. Bottoming out was the first thing I thought of, so I had already checked that. Loctite scares me - if they break again I'll never get the stubs out. My build manual says only 25lbft I think. Maybe they did just come loose. Spooky. I'll also try 40 and loosening the gearbox mounts as I didn't do that before. Marco - did you come up with a reason or solution? Thanks again, Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECR Posted August 29, 2002 Share Posted August 29, 2002 Never broken mine either.... Are you using socket head cap screws ? Ex Chairman Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Willis Posted August 29, 2002 Author Share Posted August 29, 2002 Yep. Rated at 12.9 - about as strong as they come. Something funny definitely going on but I've still idea what really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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