Mx5 lower rear upright bolts

[chrisponter]

Originally Posted by skov

Those bolts are a total %$&$%^ to get out.
I ended up cutting mine off with the grinder, and what's left of the bolts are still stuck in the uprights!
Luckily I had a couple of spare uprights with the bolts already removed

Finally got the bolts out. Had to get the blowtorch on them, and a whacking great breaker bar

Just in case anyone else can't get theirs out

[Davidbolam]

Originally Posted by skov

One piece of 14mm OD, 1mm wall, stainless precision tube:



mated with one bottom wishbone hole:



A couple of gentle taps with a rubber mallet later:



One snugly fitting bolt:



Job's a good un!

Managed to get my tube through from ebay and was a perfect fit on my rear uprights as well!! Now have a very sturdy rear end without any wobbles!! thanks for posting your idea skov.

If anyone else if thinking about doing it you need 2 x 80mm lengths to fit the mk1 caliper.