Fitting new ignition barrel to top yoke.. help

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scotjell
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Re: Fitting new ignition barrel to top yoke.. help

Post by scotjell » Sun Mar 17, 2013 4:25 pm

I was quite brutal with it. Just so I had enough room for mole grips. Yep any m8 will do as long as they are long enough.

makz2008
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Re: Fitting new ignition barrel to top yoke.. help

Post by makz2008 » Sun Mar 17, 2013 8:38 pm

so turns out the torx bits just kept spinning in the bolt head :roll:

so i took the yoke to a friend who has a car mot test centre and they tried removing it to tell me the same thing.
the mechanic was really friendly though, he cut a different shape into the head of the bolt and got it out... mentioned it was not going to be re-use-able before he done it though and matched up some bolts they had lying around! :grin: but the head is very different im going to upload a picture of the bolts he gave me, i didnt have to tools to fit it so he even leant me the correct bit and asked me to return it on monday! :mrgreen:

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