Stripped the captive nut in my front panhard rod

As the title says i've stripped the nut in my front panhard rod mount which is under the spring seat which makes it difficult to get to,


The car is currently undrivable as i've found out on my drive to work this morning, anything over 20mph and the car is trying to kill itself whilst its shaking,

Anyone got any clever ideas how i can fix this?

My tool kit is limited and thats being kind to it,

I thought a longer bolt but that went out the window when i realised it will foul the axle casing

Get your self a tap & die set & recut the thread ?


Dan

Stripped the tread out of it or has it broken away so its spinning

I believe its stripped the thead,

As the bolts tightening its slipping and becoming loose giving the same effect as stripped threads,

I've just pit a new bolt in seein in the deeper thread has more to try bite, but the bolts a bit to long so i need a shorter bolt,

See how that gets on as long as i can get to the garage to get the new tyres

ne-crock wrote: I believe its stripped the thead,

As the bolts tightening its slipping and becoming loose giving the same effect as stripped threads,

I've just pit a new bolt in seein in the deeper thread has more to try bite, but the bolts a bit to long so i need a shorter bolt,

See how that gets on as long as i can get to the garage to get the new tyres

j's

You could cut the bolt to the length you need or put a couple/few washers on before putting the bolt in place so it doesn't protrude out the other side.

Drill it out and try and get a nut and bolt through it

Dont put a different tread size in it as it my lock up and snap even worse snap the captive nut off the back then you wont get it out

Nut and bolt wont work without getting the captive nut due to the spacing to the axle casing,

I think i've elongated the hole on the panhard mount which wont help matters

May be a case of cut the hole mount off and fab a new one

Really feel like i'm fighting a loosing battle now, saturday seems to be getting closer and the problems just aint getting solved?

I dont trust my self to tap it in the staff car park i went to give it a go and i couldnt get it straight so i felt i'd do more harm than good

ne-crock wrote: Really feel like i'm fighting a loosing battle now, saturday seems to be getting closer and the problems just aint getting solved?

I dont trust my self to tap it in the staff car park i went to give it a go and i couldnt get it straight so i felt i'd do more harm than good

Yup you don't won't to snap a tap in the hole as they are made of very hard metal and would be a nightmare to try and drill out! Where abouts do you live? Is it driveable at all. I have a welder a day some steel kicking around if I can help mate.

I'm from skelton, just on outskirts of teesside before you hit ny moors,


I've drove it to the garage in boro to have my new tyres fitted, but anything over 20 it shakes itself to bits?

If your local to boro i'd love to take you up on that offer?

ne-crock wrote: I'm from skelton, just on outskirts of teesside before you hit ny moors,


I've drove it to the garage in boro to have my new tyres fitted, but anything over 20 it shakes itself to bits?

If your local to boro i'd love to take you up on that offer?

I am up near Consett Mike I was hoping you would be closer that's nearly 2 hours from here! I was hoping it would be drivable as the plan is to come up this way on Sat. You could have come up early and we could have tried to sort it. I don't suppose Smoggy could sort it for you?

Which mount is it? Front or back left or right and do you have standard pan arms?