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How do you remove the brake brace in the bay
Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 11:42 pm
by MrP
How do you remove that brake brace (top if the photo, along the bulkhead)
I've undone the bolts, but with the position of them the bar wont move?
Re: How do you remove the brake brace in the bay
Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2009 7:26 am
by monzajake
the whole lot is bolted on the inside of the car. There are 4, 13mm nuts on the passenger side of the bulkhead to the left of the heater on the inside.
then the is 3 i think on the drivers side just above the pedels.
Once undont is a case of a few shakes and it should come free..
Re: How do you remove the brake brace in the bay
Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2009 11:40 am
by MrP
Well, its loose and shakes. But the way the bolts are it doesn't have the movement to clear them as they oppose each other. The welded brace on the top left (under the main brace) is the problem.
Re: How do you remove the brake brace in the bay
Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2009 11:59 am
by scalainj
I had the same problem when i was welding the bulkhead.
To get this off on the drivers side i had to remove the pedal box and steering colum which pulls the bolts through the bulkhead and then the brake brace will come off
Its was an utter pain. Refitting was even more difficult and requires 2 people
andy
Re: How do you remove the brake brace in the bay
Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2009 12:17 pm
by MrP
scalainj wrote:I had the same problem when i was welding the bulkhead.
To get this off on the drivers side i had to remove the pedal box and steering colum which pulls the bolts through the bulkhead and then the brake brace will come off
Its was an utter pain. Refitting was even more difficult and requires 2 people
andy
Done that, but still wont budge.
The bolts on the bulkhead stop it moving up, the bolts under the brace stop it going left/right/forward. The welded metal brace which is welded to the strut stops it going down. Without cutting/bendinge something it wont budge!
Re: How do you remove the brake brace in the bay
Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2009 12:31 pm
by scalainj
Ok - on mine when i took the steering coloumn and pedal box out of the car - had to seperate the UJ as well - because the bulkhead bolts are fixed in the pedal box they came through meaning i could just lift the brace out
This shows it out and the holes where the bolts come through from the pedal box plus the central hole for the brake linkage
From inside, you can just see the steering UJ and the holes where the pedal box goes
Any clearer?
Andy
Re: How do you remove the brake brace in the bay
Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 7:23 pm
by MrP
Thanks for all your help guys.
I ended up chopping the welded bolts out!