Sheared bolt in arb bracket

paul6316

White K1
Oct 16, 2007
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So I changed my drop links the other day and thought it would be easier if I loosened off the arb brackets which it was. However when I was tightening up the arb bracket one of the bolts sheared. I went to TPS who told me that they only sold the brackets/bolts with the arb itself. Surely this cannot be right?

Car is a K1 by the way, not as my profile
 
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Speed-FReek

Active Member
Jun 12, 2013
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South Oxfordshire, UK
Unfortunately yes, this is true. The brackets aren't listed as separate items in the parts catalogue.

You could just take one of the existing bolts to a fixing specialist and they should be able to match you up with an equivalent. Or if you happy that you already know the tensile strength and type yourself then just search for some online that has the same shoulder, length, diameter and thread pitch.
 
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Rusty2k

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May 12, 2013
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How did you shear an M8 bolt?? The OE bushes are indeed only supplied with a new bar and cannot be purchased separately.

The bolts are M8x75, part number N91073401

The challenge will be getting the remainder of the bolt out of the bracket as there's not much room to get tools in there. Depending on how bad it is you might have to lower the subframe and remove the ARB completely to get sufficient access.