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Problem Relocating Tower Bolt And Spring Compressor.


Best Answer paulg027 , 10 May 2019 - 09:44 PM

So, I eventually got to the bottom of why I couldn't insert my spring compression tool into the o/s rubber cone, and I'm surprised that some of those Mini guru's out there didn't pinpoint the problem.  I thought the cones were original, but it turns out they are not, the reason; the o/s rubber cone has an imperial thread, the others are metric!  At some stage the cone(s) have been changed and for some bizarre reason someone put a random imperial rubber cone in for good measure... Nice!

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#16 Spider

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Posted 11 May 2019 - 07:23 AM

Paul, I'm glad all the same you got there in the end and I'd also like to thank you for passing on your experience here. I'm sure many of us would have learned something from this and will hopefully save someone else from days of frustration. Yeah, never assume anything !



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Posted 11 May 2019 - 12:14 PM

if they're both different threads how can both bolts fit the nearside unit?



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Posted 11 May 2019 - 02:00 PM

if they're both different threads how can both bolts fit the nearside unit?


Threads for the tower bolts are the same, threads for the cones weren't.




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