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correct foxy, the bolt splines basically carve into the BJ as you tighten it up to 100nm IIRC. So quite a lot, as in very similar to how tight your wheel nut would be. Having said that too many people go to town on their wheel nuts!
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do you mean the little split washer things? do they go underneath, or on top? sorry, i am learning!
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no have a look a this picture, under the head of the bolt before the threaded part are lots of little ridges called splines, these will cut a path into the BJ
to make the bolt secure in there, but you need to tighten the nut on top to drive splines up into BJ.
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odd, I dont have anything like that on the BJ….theres a big bolt that came with, whihc doesnt seem long enough, two washers....and thats it. The bolt thats attached to the balljoint end also has a nut, or do you mean the bolt that goes into ther knuckle?>?
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no worries, as long as it's a decent grade bolt. All of the nut should be threaded on, if it doesn't it's the wrong bolt!
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cheers MArco, I will swap the bolt for the one I got from B&Q, which is just about the right length to get the nut fully on with a washer.
fingers crossed.
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for gods sake.
so, got home from a weekend away and decided to see if the repair on thehub has worked. tightened up everything but remembered, my battery had gone flat when I left the key in the ignition overnight a week ago. Ok, got my 4x4 down the drive and hook them both up.
car wont start
at first, all i got was the alarm playing up. managed to stop it alarming while the battery charged. Lights on dash nce and bright, but when I try to start, it sort of makes a fuzzy broken alarm sound, a few relay clicks, and thats it…?????
its a Mazda MVSS300 (Cobrea 5320?) alarm. I can now set it, although the light on the dash appears solid, rather than flashing. Is this the immobiliser icking in, or is the car batter not actually charged enough??
help....im starting to get a bit peeved.
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Try disconnecting the battery and leaving for a bit then reconnect see if it resets it? maybe give it a good overnight charge, batterys are never really the same after they have gone fully flat.
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been disconected a few days now….:( seeems to be some sort of immobiliser issue??
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Blown fuse? faulty keyfob?
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I will check the fuses, key fobs ok as now, after the jump start/charge, they activate, de activate the alarm…
when I turn to start, the starter doesnt even try, it just blurbs the alarm and keeps beeping untill I turn the key back....?
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Can you bump start it?
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no chance, its at the back of the house DOWN a driveway….:(
I just went out to check the fuses, and now I cant get into the car. Tried to unset the alarm, and it just beeeped constantly for about 10 seconds or so and then did nothing. Light on the steering column is constantly lit.
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try,
Mine is a Cobra alarm, I believe and this is what I was told by a friend.
"Hold both buttons down for 10 seconds until the light stops flashing, turns off and then stays on. Then press both buttons and then the door release button"
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hell mate, i really feel bad for you. you dont seem to be having alot of luck with the car. once it is running right it will drive like a dream though :)
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cheers Garfy I read that somewhere too so will try tomorrow!
Thanks Daniel, well, it is a run of bad luck, but i do love the car and I just need to keep going until its fixed! My way of looking at it is I have simply uncovered a few issues before something went drastically wrong whilst driving!
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arrggghhhh!!!
so, I got my battery re charged and now the car starts. Attempted to drive it, car moved forward a touch then nothing, just the sound of something spinning and you can feel it. Could it be the driveshaft into the CV joint thats the issue? I definately used the circlip that came with, is itpossible I need to knock it in more than I have maybe>?
:(
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OK, took everything apart AGAIN this afternoon, I am getting sick and tired of doing this now. THE ONLY thing I havent done, is remove the entire drive shaft out of the gear box. Anyway, put it all back together and everything felt to slot into place a lot better this time. Got jack stands both sides, and started engine and put into gear to see if anything moves. At Idle, both sides spin then gradually slow down, or just one side turns and I got a knocking noise. So I put evrything back together, tightened up and tried again, no knocking and car moved. So I drove to the top of the drive and reversed back, all ok.
Torqued up the hub nut and banged the end into the wedge. Attempted to drive back up the driveway, got to the incline and noise, gone. no drive, just something spinning. Now the car is sat awkward between the shared drive and my parking space on an angle.
seriously fecked off because I cant see what is wrong. When I try to drive, it just sounds like the wheels are spinning on ice or something…!??!
please please please if anyone can point me in the right direction for a fix that I can do myself, i would appreciate it. Also, is it possible that the drivers side is actually at fault>?
http://s176.photobucket.com/albums/w163/clivjoo/pissing driveshaft/
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this may sound stupid but have you tried 2nd gear or reverse gear?
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reverse yes, 2nd no, although remember, I have no drive….just a whirring sound....! :(
