sheared

Went to my mates today guys, who's bro is a vag mechanic, as i was going on the 20 mile run i noticed my left window wiper on the leon was squeeling a bit and looked to be struggling to operate?? It had been icy in the morning as i had washed the car on fri night and left it to sit. Spoke to my...

I had a lump of ice on my windscreen this morning and accidently turned the wipers on when they were obstructed. This caused the bolt holding the passenger side blade on to shear clean in half. I found a picture in another thread: http://rossbyrne.googlepages.com/DSC00932.JPG The whole metal...

Decided to bleed my brakes today. Bought an Eezibleed and 500ml dot4 fluid. Bled the rear brakes and went onto the front. The nearside was really stiff, so I scraped around it to free it up, still wouldn't budge.[:@] I knew I shouldn't have, but I got my trusty torque wrench out and gave the...

Took a turn, heard a bang.... bugger! Engine cut out. Didn't have a clue what was going on as there was a hose that had popped off. I'm not very experienced when it comes to inspecting an engine bay so didn't know what this was........ My friend later noticed that my engine mount had sheared...

We have an old S reg seat Ibiza salsa. This morning my good lady was driving to work when everything went pear- shaped. A loud thud then twang and the car stopped. long story short, the bolt securing the crankshaft pully sheared. The pulley came away from the engine leaving the timing belt...

Anyone ever had this happen? Half the bolt is stuck in the hub :doh: Whats the best way to get it out without damaging the threads?