Johnpor996
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Just wondered if anybody had comment to this – I have been removing my 996 exhaust boxes and the three most difficult fixings each side are the nuts that bolt the box itself to the retention bracket, almost impossible to get to.
As it turns out one of retained bolts on the bracket snapped and at over £300 a piece I'm not keen to replace them so have drilled out the retained bolts (or what's left of them) and will simply use a nut and bolt replacement.
My question is does anybody know why the two long bolts that go through the fixing bracket and attached the whole assembly to the retention frame on the car are fixed with the head of the bolt at the top of the bracket and the nut at bottom? Doing it this way means you can't undo the nut and push the bolt upwards to release the whole thing as the bodywork obstructs it, you have two release the retention bracket from the frame which means removing the three almost impossible to get at nuts.
Logically the head of the bolt would go to the bottom, nuts at the top, and if you need to remove it take the nuts off pull the bolt out and a whole thing comes away, but is not fixed like that. I suppose the only logic I can think of is that head at the top means if the nut should vibrate loose the bolt can't get away and mean that the exhaust boxes shaking loose – anybody got ideas?
As it turns out one of retained bolts on the bracket snapped and at over £300 a piece I'm not keen to replace them so have drilled out the retained bolts (or what's left of them) and will simply use a nut and bolt replacement.
My question is does anybody know why the two long bolts that go through the fixing bracket and attached the whole assembly to the retention frame on the car are fixed with the head of the bolt at the top of the bracket and the nut at bottom? Doing it this way means you can't undo the nut and push the bolt upwards to release the whole thing as the bodywork obstructs it, you have two release the retention bracket from the frame which means removing the three almost impossible to get at nuts.
Logically the head of the bolt would go to the bottom, nuts at the top, and if you need to remove it take the nuts off pull the bolt out and a whole thing comes away, but is not fixed like that. I suppose the only logic I can think of is that head at the top means if the nut should vibrate loose the bolt can't get away and mean that the exhaust boxes shaking loose – anybody got ideas?