R55 can't loosen Steering shaft pinch bolt?
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can't loosen Steering shaft pinch bolt?
Hi - I am in the middle of removing the tranny on my daughter'S 2013 Clubman(non-turbo) to replace the clutch. The subframe needs to be removed to do so. As a part of this process the pinch bolt on the steering column in the passenger footwell is supposed to be removed. It has a 13 mm hex bolt on one side and a small square captive nut on the other side. The captive nut looks to be be high strength (red) Loc-Tited. It spins when I turn the 13mm head. I tried vice grips but the loc-tite is so set that the vice grips don't work.
HAS ANYONE ELSE SOLVED THIS SEEMINGLY SIMPLE BOLT REMOVAL ISSUE.
thanks - H. Bondar
HAS ANYONE ELSE SOLVED THIS SEEMINGLY SIMPLE BOLT REMOVAL ISSUE.
thanks - H. Bondar
Did you heat it up?
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