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R50/53 4 Extra 13mm hex head 10mm x 30 mm bolts

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Old May 26, 2020 | 08:04 AM
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4 Extra 13mm hex head 10mm x 30 mm bolts

Hi All. Didn’t get any hits searching. 2005 R50 Base Manual. Clutch, front end bushing/ball joint, and engine/transmission Mount rebuild. I have 4 13mm socket bolts left over that had red thread lock on them. I can’t for the life of me figure out where they go. Should have bagged and tagged but didn’t. Doesn’t seem to effect drive ability although now I have a sort of a grinding sound On the left when in the gas and a shimmy on the right. Off the gas it is smooth and quiet. Thanks in advance!
 
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Old May 26, 2020 | 01:14 PM
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For the 4 x 13mm bolts, triple check to see if these are for the outer ball joints.(left and right). I don't recall using threadlocker on those bolts??? Sure would hate to see your outer control arms go falling out of the spindles!
 
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Old May 26, 2020 | 01:46 PM
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Ball joints typically come with new bolts so perhaps that explains why you have some left over?
 
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Old May 27, 2020 | 02:15 PM
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Hopefully the outers came with The bolts. They are in and that would make sense. A buddy removed the old ones around where the bolts were found. I had fixed the bad shimmy with struts but now a light shimmy is back. Right axel only has 17k miles on it and it was new but replaced before me. (Have the invoice) Thinking about replacing again?
 
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