pedal box

[ewos]

I was going to attack my pedal box this weekend but wanted a second opinion first . . .

I have a replacement pedal box which I removed a couple of days ago in a breakers yard, it took a couple of hours to get out using my own intuition and managed to get it out without removing the shears bolts holding the steering colomn - basicaly I didn't have the tools to remove them.

The upshot is that when I go to put the replacement box in my own car I recon it will be ALOT easier with the column out which isn't a problem, I plan to grind slots in them to remove them with a screwdriver but do I

1) fit new shear bolts but how the hell do you tighten them up? or

2) just replace with a normal bolt with a hex head?

What do you guys think???

 

[truCido]

buy shear bolts from the dealer, they come with a nut on the head and then when there tight enough the top breaks itself off when your tightening

 

[toonfiend]

Yep, theyre about a quid each from the dealer, Im not sure if you could use normal bolts as I seem to remember when I did mine that the shear bolt has like a tapered thread at the end, some sort of special design?? A normal bolt may not secure the column properly.Best play safe!

 

[ewos]

Cheers guys, I'll get the shear bolts from the dealers but I'm not sure if the parts counter is open on Saturday .

Should have asked this a couple of days ago

 

[truCido]

I think they have to be ordered in anyway so will take a day or two to come in, I guess if you need to temporarily drive it there isn't a problem with putting some other bolts in