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[LHSL]

Brad you can smell the finish line, hang in there, it is only money, you have an SLR all of Aust will be envious of. BTW what are your plans for the car once complete? A keeper?

[TerrA LX]

IMO for the chrome to crack like that it looks as if something hung up on the bolt, not allowing the bolt to seat correctly, pulling the surface down when tightened.

Or the bolt face or washer on the underside...

[hanra]

All the mounting bolts are NOS items. The bolt is seated fine. The bracket underneath is also fine. None of the other 11 bolts have given an issue and they are all torqued down the same. This crack did not appear straight away, it took approx 3 days to appear.

Its all well and good that they will re-plate it for free, but this is going to drag out over the Xmas break and new year. He initially asked for it to be sent back mid Jan 2013. Who knows what the freight costs will blow out to be....

If I had of been instructed to only do them up finger tight and I didnt and cracked it, well then hey... its my fault Im happy to admit that. But in this case, no one advised me of this..... How am I supposed to know any different? I dont believe this is my fault.

Yes the finish line is near..... thank f uck for that. So sick and tired of being f ucked over, f ucked around and just generally ripped off.

[TerrA LX]

I would be double checking the bracket, bolts, washers nuts etc etc for flatness.

[a9x868]

All the mounting bolts are NOS items. The bolt is seated fine. The bracket underneath is also fine. None of the other 11 bolts have given an issue and they are all torqued down the same. This crack did not appear straight away, it took approx 3 days to appear.

Its all well and good that they will re-plate it for free, but this is going to drag out over the Xmas break and new year. He initially asked for it to be sent back mid Jan 2013. Who knows what the freight costs will blow out to be....

If I had of been instructed to only do them up finger tight and I didnt and cracked it, well then hey... its my fault Im happy to admit that. But in this case, no one advised me of this..... How am I supposed to know any different? I dont believe this is my fault.

Yes the finish line is near..... thank f uck for that. So sick and tired of being f ucked over, f ucked around and just generally ripped off.

brad
mate! you are after all rebuilding a torana
i have been f@#$$d around as have many
don't give up now mate
your build thread is so very important to so many people
so when it is finished and you let us all know
you will be proud
and everyone else will love it!!!!!
being in cairns you have transport and cost issues
but yours is possibly the most dedicated build thread
i have seen
DON'T be discouraged at such a late stage
i wish you good luck for the finish line is fast approaching
cheers
davemc

[A9X]

what he said ^^

[hanra]

Some pretty humbling comments there guys! Im glad Ive been able to be a positive contributor to this community. After all, we are all in this for the same reasons in some way shape or form.

Dave mate, you always have such good things to say! Appreciate that mate.

[Statler]

I've fitted the new front bar on Purple, i didn't even torque the bolts. Gorilla tight! I have no issues.

Never heard of doing them up finger tight & Loctite? Sounds like BS to me!

[hanra]

25ft/lbs isnt really all that tight to begin with. I mean the bars are a jacking point so you dont exactly want them loose either?

[TerrA LX]

No way in the world I would be doing bar bolts up finger tight.

[hanra]

Well if I dont Ill just keep cracking them.....

[boomfunk]

so then is he advising you do them different to the way they were built from factory, i can only say the chrome is thinner, this is what i beleive and its my personal thought on that. because no way should they crack, its cracked as obviously there was movement there

i gather there is movement from factory also

[76lxhatch]

Do they have split washers from factory? If so I wouldn't use them if you're only going finger tight, use some good flat ones with plenty of Loctite

[ReplicarSLR]

I assume the actual bumper is a snug fit over the steel brackets, if there is too much of a gap betwwen the bracket and bumper when you torque the bolts up it will close any gap up and will likely put an uneven force on the crome bumper as a result and contribute to the issue you have. If there they are not snug may be worth adjusting the bracket but would be easier to put a a thin shim or washer as need be between the bumper and the bracket before tightening the bolts.

[tuxedoss]

I've seen plenty of old original bars that are bent out of shape due to hitting something and the chrome was still intact, if they are cracking with a few mm of movement then there is something wrong.

[xu2308]

Sounds like the one that cracked, is from there chroming, there end, not any thing you have done Brad, they should pay for freight and fix , but these days, not many Companys have a good heart or xmas spirit, its all about the $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$, keep your spirits up Brad, its nearly finished.

[orangeLJ]

Check your Brackets Brad.

I know that bolting the front bar to the ute actually bent the bar itself, event though it was going back on the same car it came off!

I was under it, tightening the bar iron-chassis bolts, heard a weird noise, jumped out and looked to see it had twisted the bar bracket inside the bar and bent the bar itself!

Could be a similar issue here where bolting it to the car has put extra stress on one bolt and thats caused the crack.

[hanra]

You have no idea what I had to go through to get these on today. My stress levels are up at "MURDER"....

[hanra]

I love building cars mate!!! I hate dealing with people and business. Maybe I should be a hermit?