Whats the most awkward, most knuckle bleedin nut you have tried to get undone on your e30
name and shame em fellas
ive got 3 slightly rounded ones on my exhaust manifold.
nuts
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cliffybabe
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has to be diff bolts, ow and a rounded steering rack bolt 
drill bits are great
drill bits are great
Considering Selling the Cabby, looks like its gonna go
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smithy318i
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rear right petrol tank bolt.
broke the top nut welds.
couldnt grind it off for fear of explosion
couldnt use a blowtorch for fear of explosion.
ended up using a hacksaw (which took hours to cut)
broke the top nut welds.
couldnt grind it off for fear of explosion
couldnt use a blowtorch for fear of explosion.
ended up using a hacksaw (which took hours to cut)
to get the gear box out they were realy realy tight!
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Jesus325iTouring
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Undoing the dizzy bolts with a p1ssy spanner as I didn't have a socket to fit,kept cutting my hands up on the fan blades 
None others though
None others though
X5 V8 for thrills, CRV for chills, Range Rover P38 V8 for sooooo much aggravation...
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Left front lower control arm the 22mm nut for the inboard balljoint in the sub frame....... ouch.
Thomas
Thomas
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viscous coupling , spanner slips and cheese grated knuckles on rad
if there wern't people like me,
with cars like mine,
who would you put down to make yourself feel better?
with cars like mine,
who would you put down to make yourself feel better?
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gazmorgan1985
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SNAP!spook wrote:Whats the most awkward, most knuckle bleedin nut you have tried to get undone on your e30
name and shame em fellas
ive got 3 slightly rounded ones on my exhaust manifold.
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zaust
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I think that's the one for me too. Wrecked my hand's and your too if I rememer. I gave up I banged the back of my hand so hard. ANd the nut never rounded off.gooner1 wrote:Top nuts on the diff.....managed to pull a car off trolley jack and axle stands trying to undo them
Qh and manfold nuts on a engine Zaust had complete bastard, the nut that is ,not Marc
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gooner1
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Oh boy do i remember, can,t believe i forgot having to lay under my car with a junior hacksaw blade and cutting through 3 rounded manifold nuts.Took a week and it pissed down every evening.Happy dayszaust wrote:I think that's the one for me too. Wrecked my hand's and your too if I rememer. I gave up I banged the back of my hand so hard. ANd the nut never rounded off.gooner1 wrote:Top nuts on the diff.....managed to pull a car off trolley jack and axle stands trying to undo them
Qh and manfold nuts on a engine Zaust had complete bastard, the nut that is ,not Marc
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mrLEE30
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front wheel bearing nut, bent a 5 foot scaffold bar, broke my wratchet, broke a T piece bar, and ended up using a chisel and lump hammer, only one hit on the thumb 
and after a few frantic minutes cracked the nut off.
didn't like that nut!
otherwise i dont like Pistachios
and after a few frantic minutes cracked the nut off.didn't like that nut!
otherwise i dont like Pistachios
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mmmmmmm...... the worst for me was trying to undo a rear shock(the bottom bolt) it was a @unt to say the least!
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Martinaston
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Not a bleeder but a pain none the less has to be getting the bottom nuts back on the throttle body with all the pipes in the way, i must have dropped it ten times
There is NO nucleus.
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Jesus325iTouring
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I used a 12 foot scaffold pole on mine,total over kill,but got the bastid!mrLEE30 wrote:front wheel bearing nut, bent a 5 foot scaffold bar, broke my wratchet, broke a T piece bar, and ended up using a chisel and lump hammer, only one hit on the thumb
didn't like that nut!
otherwise i dont like Pistachios
X5 V8 for thrills, CRV for chills, Range Rover P38 V8 for sooooo much aggravation...
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Had to replace a front wheel bearing last week, luckily my dad had just wound up his business as an independent garage and gifted me all his tools
24" long, 3/4" drive ratchet made very short work of it
The only ones that have ever given me real trouble were :
Driveshaft nut on a trailing arm not currently attached to any vehicle - the only way to hold it still was to park the car on it!
Another trailing arm, this time the bolt that passes through the bush, holding it onto the rear beam. Would not move; had to be cut through with a hacksaw blade. Took about an hour
24" long, 3/4" drive ratchet made very short work of it
The only ones that have ever given me real trouble were :
Driveshaft nut on a trailing arm not currently attached to any vehicle - the only way to hold it still was to park the car on it!
Another trailing arm, this time the bolt that passes through the bush, holding it onto the rear beam. Would not move; had to be cut through with a hacksaw blade. Took about an hour