What happens when you tighten a car bolt and it never tightens?
Overtightening will cause its strings to be bent out of shape and the bolt will never tighten. If your bolt is spinning, you will need to check if your bolt is stripped or your nut. Either or both will need to be removed and replaced with a bolt/ nut that isn’t damaged.
Do you tighten the struts with the car on the ground?
You are right they need to be tightened with the car on the ground at ride hight. Just the tension strut, lower control arm and upper control arm where it bolts to the car everything else you should be able to tighten to spec while it’s in the air.
What’s the best way to tighten a bolt?
Holding the drill at an angle will secure the bolt in place. Your drill bit should be sharpened before you begin. A blunt drill bit will bore a hole that is too small for the bolt you have. In fact, even brand new drill bits may sometimes need to be sharpened if there are any manufacturing defects.
What should I do if my car bolt keeps spinning?
As you try to pressure the bolt in, keep it straight. A slight angle will keep spinning in circles. You’ll have to channel your inner Houdini to get the spinning bolt out- you’ll have to pry it out, twisting it simultaneously. Get your hands on a crowbar and pry the bolt out of the hole.
How to tighten suspension bolts, car on the ground or lifted?
One more note – unless you have crowfoot wrenches, IIRC torqueing down the most inner bolt on the rear lower arm is going to be a pain because of lack of space. You may have to torque the head of the bolt which may result in inaccurate torque spec because of bolt length and you could damage that bolt. Be careful with that one.
Why do bolts keep loosening on my car?
If bolts didn’t loosen you wouldn’t even be in this long drawn out predicament! So you are probably wondering why do they loosen anyway? It is believed that vibration, shock, or even changes in the load can cause bolts to loosen. It could also be side sliding of the nut or bolt as it relates to the joint.
Why does my LHS crank bolt keep loosening?
Lost my LHS bolt during a knarly downhill & didn’t want to put the arm back on so rode out with it in my pack. Had a look this morning & the crank arm has a few knicks inside it towards the inside of the arm where it has sat halfway on moving over the steel axle.
Holding the drill at an angle will secure the bolt in place. Your drill bit should be sharpened before you begin. A blunt drill bit will bore a hole that is too small for the bolt you have. In fact, even brand new drill bits may sometimes need to be sharpened if there are any manufacturing defects.