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Originally Posted by skov (Post 70656)

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 :D

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

Just in case anyone else can't get theirs out ;)

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Originally Posted by skov (Post 70810)

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.