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[Kieranlee999]

Hi does anyone have a guide or tips on swappin the front subframe rear mounts on my mini please ( http://www.minisport...nting-each.html I bought the ones) im wantong to do them before show season so any help will do :)

[Steve220]

Not as tricky as you might think. The bolt heads for these are located under the footwell carpet. I jacked the car up one side at a time to do them using a second one to support the subframe from sliding backwards and closing the gap.

[Kieranlee999]

Not as tricky as you might think. The bolt heads for these are located under the footwell carpet. I jacked the car up one side at a time to do them using a second one to support the subframe from sliding backwards and closing the gap.

How often do the bolts snap if they have been in for a long time?

[Steve220]

Wire brush the threads as best you can then douse them with WD40 the night before :)

[alex-95]

the bolts for these are ussually pretty easy to get out as they get covered in oil.

[Cerberus]

the bolts for these are ussually pretty easy to get out as they get covered in oil.

+1 on this.

 

Mine were very oily and came out easily.

Even if they do snap, you'd just push them out, they're not captivated or anything (atleast mine weren't).

[Kieranlee999]

Has anyone got a picture of what to undo and where?

[Steve220]

Get under the car, its pretty self explanatory.

[Ado1379]

its fairly simple mate...

 

if the bolts have snapped, peel back the carpet in the relative footwell, and you will see the bracket with the 2 bolts in it. it just pushes out when your mounts are off. undo the 4 nuts on the mount itself and pop the bracket holding the screws in (should just pull out from inside the car in the footwell).

 

there are a few ways of support the frame so the gap doesnt close too much:

1. what Steve said above, use another one (or something similar to prop the gap open)

2. rest a jack on the front of the subframe (just rest it on the subframe, dont put to much pressure on it)

 

i used the second option last time i did this, because you can usually lower/heighten the jack 'SLIGHTLY' to adjust the gap diameter. 

Edited by Ado1379, 31 January 2015 - 02:50 PM.