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MG MGF Technical - MGR Windstop bolts

Blast. :( Installed a MK2 t-bar last week with rear speakers (amazing difference, btw) but managed to ruin the head on one of the allen key bolts which holds the MGR windstop on (the long ones which go through the windstop bracket, t-bar and into the captive nut on the metal crossbar). Tried to take it off today to replace the speakers with new ones and can't shift the bolt at all. I have tried sawing a slot for a screwdriver but it still won't budge.

Given that it looks like my only option will be to drill the bolt out, does anyone know where I can find a replacement?

Thanks in advance,
Tim.
Tim Jenner

any engineering company will be able to supply you with one if you have trouble getting one when i go back to work on monday i will match one up with my bolts and post it to you, let us know what speakers you put in & how good they are as i have done the same as you on my time off but cannot find any decent speakers
cheers
richard
richard

Hi Richard,

Thanks very much - you have mail! We're a bit short on good old fashioned engineering companies round here (that I know of, anyway)...

The speakers I've bought to put in are 6x4 Infinity Kappas (bought from eBay for £30). Testing them out of the car they sound soooo much better than the standard ones (which actually aren't all that bad once they're installed in the car). The 6x4 Kappas are no longer produced, but I suspect you'd get good results from a pair of Infinity 6402cf Reference speakers (which is what I was going to get before I spotted the Kappas on eBay). I also have a pair of 6.5" Infinity 6002i Reference speakers in the doors which help with the treble no end.

Cheers,
Tim.
Tim Jenner

Tim, I haven't looked to see exactly what size the bolts are but our local Halfords has a good range of bolts, mainly stainless, hanging on display. Take one in with you and you may be pleasantly surprised.


For future requirements see http://www.inoxfasteners.co.uk/
JohnP

M6 x 50 (2in) Unbrako Caphead.

How do you damage an allen key hex socket ??

Geoff F
G. Farthing

Thanks for the responses, guys. I've never had much luck with allen key bolts - you don't seem to be able to put much force on them before the heads spoil. This one is especially soft, I put a slot in it for a screwdriver and the screwdriver just ruined the slot!

Tim
Tim Jenner

tim thay are in post tonight i have sent two just in case richard
rj hardwick

Fantastic, thanks a lot Richard. Will have attack the old ones this weekend! :)

Cheers,
Tim.
Tim Jenner

Hi,

If you can get access to the head of the bolt,
try wrapping a bit of sandpaper arround the
head and gripping with a pair of mole grips!

Paul;
Paul Waine

Just want to say "thanks" to Richard for sending me 2 bolts. :) Hopefully I'll get them and the speakers changed over the weekend and won't mess it up again!

Paul - Unfortunately the heads are down a hole in the plastic windstop mounts. The only way I could get a pair of mole grips on them would be if I broke the mount in half - not beyond the realms of my abilities, given what I did to the old bolts!

Cheers,
Tim.
Tim Jenner

Well I got home earlier than expected today so had a go at the bolts. To my relief, the old bolt eventually came out and I changed to the new bolts - thanks again Richard! Unfortunately the speakers I was going to install are aweful, so the standard units remain!

Tim
Tim Jenner

GLAD THEY WERE OK SHAME ABOUT SPEAKERS I HAVE BEEN LOOKING MYSELF I WILL RETHINK NOW AFTER WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT SOUND QUALITY , IT MUST BE SOMETHING ABOUT THE MG MARQUE THAT BRINGS DRIVERS TOGETHER TO HELP ONEANOTHER
RICHARD
rj hardwick

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