Hi All
Had a little problem this weekend with my A-Frame. It snapped 😳 I got a small knocking noise after a trackday, which sounded like loose handbrake cables when braking on the way home, took the car out last weekend for a gentle drive (had my 9 year old daughter in the car) where the noise much worse very quickly. When home rocking the car with the handbrake on, there was a snap, and the left hand mount of the a-frame parted company
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I had to wait a bit for Caterham to have them in stock, before i took it apart, where I found the wrong bolt fitted to the right hand side of the car. According to the manual a M12 x 100 bolt should be used on the a-Frame to chassis fitting, but on the Right hand side I had a M12 x 120 bolt and this meant there was some play in the A-Frame to chassis fitting on the side that did not snap.
So my question.
1, Where should that M12x120 bolt have been used? I feel the need to check where that bolt should have been used.
2, Do you think the wrong bolt on the RHS, allowing play in the a-frame to chassis fitting on the RHS would explain the snapping of the a-frame on the LHS.
Hope you can help
Chris.