MBEARDEN Posted January 16, 2012 Posted January 16, 2012 I have a loud squeak at the top of the passenger side rear shock on my 03 Birkin. The roll bar hex bolts will not move. Soaked them overnite with PB blaster...nothing. Tried heat..nothing. I need to be able to remove it to get at the shock and also to run lights for CHMSL. Any ideas?
MHKflyer52 Posted January 16, 2012 Posted January 16, 2012 I have a loud squeak at the top of the passenger side rear shock on my 03 Birkin. The roll bar hex bolts will not move. Soaked them overnite with PB blaster...nothing. Tried heat..nothing. I need to be able to remove it to get at the shock and also to run lights for CHMSL. Any ideas? Re-soak it with PB Blaster and then put a wrench on it and put some torque on it to try to loosen it or tighten it and then while holding the torque tap it with a hammer to shock it as this sometime will break the grip and let the penetrating fluid do its job. Hope this helps.
jlumba81 Posted January 17, 2012 Posted January 17, 2012 (edited) Try using an impact driver on it. Should be able to rent/buy one from a local parts store. Might also give a product like Loctite freeze and release a try. Edited January 17, 2012 by jlumba81
Paul Hill Posted January 17, 2012 Posted January 17, 2012 Have been down this road (frozen/stuck/rusted fasteners) more than a few times... the joys of living in an area that uses HUGE amounts of road salt in winter! Do yourself a favour: get some ATF (automatic transmission fluid) and mix it 50/50 with acetone. Works FAR better than any commercially available product. The acetone evaporates quite quickly so mix it in small batches. I usually mix it in a small metal pump type oil can, pour the remains into a metal container with a lid that seals tightly.
MBEARDEN Posted January 17, 2012 Author Posted January 17, 2012 After soaking the bolts and applying heat multiple times it took a trip to Sears to solve the problem...for a set of socket drive hexes...Thanks for the suggestions. Tonight's project is tracking down the fan belt squeal.
MHKflyer52 Posted January 17, 2012 Posted January 17, 2012 Tonight's project is tracking down the fan belt squeal. If the belt has the correct amount of tension (should have no more than a half inch of deflection on the longest distance from pulley to pulley) and it is not old and hard from age then try a bar of soap held to the belts contact face as this will some times provide enough of a surface treatment to stop those nasty squeals when the belt slips on one or more of the pulleys. Hope this helps. :driving:
MBEARDEN Posted January 17, 2012 Author Posted January 17, 2012 The car was assembled in 2005 so I that imagine that the belt is the original...Might as well replace it. The squeal is a low pitched rotating sound...not a loud squeal on acceleration.
MHKflyer52 Posted January 17, 2012 Posted January 17, 2012 The car was assembled in 2005 so I that imagine that the belt is the original...Might as well replace it. The squeal is a low pitched rotating sound...not a loud squeal on acceleration. Check your belt tensioner if you have one as they will make a low grow sound when the bearing in the idler is going out also the alternator and the water pump bearing can do the same. Hope this helps.
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