Left the house this morning on the way to the British Car Day and about 10k up the road I start hearing a rythmic thudding and feeling it through the steering wheel. After I pulled over and jacked the front up, I found the pax side uni joint has lost one of the u bolts securing it. I managed tonurse Mary home at 10km/ph

So no display for me I'm afraid, I'll be giving her a little TLC. Rather than pull another out, does anyone know what size u bolt I need to get?

Cheers,
Dan

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Margaret - 88 Rover

DAN... WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO THE POOR GIRL... lol

I got no idea.. I don't think I got any u bolt in the shed. will let you know if i do..

I think she is having her mid-life nervous breakdown.

I just got off the phone with Rick (one of mechs at work) and he said "Oh, yeah we didn't put the last u bolt on as we could not get it in. Sorry forgot to mention it"

Still I suppose that is better than her shearing it off through a underlying problem.

I think the drive shaft may be bent also, if so I've got a spare to swap over.

At least it didn't fail at Parra, I'd be in a world of hurt then.

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Margaret - 88 Rover

I got some here, and a good rubber uni too.

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

cool. well got u bolts here if you need em..

Cheers guys , I'm just about to jump under and have a proper look-see. I will let you know.

Dan

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Margaret - 88 Rover

No probs mate. just let me know and i will get em of the other box for you.. and let me know if you want to pick em up or I can bring em to work.

exactly what happened to me. that rythimic thud is the u bolt hiting the chassis. u can still drive it worse comes to worse, execpt it gets louder, faster, and harsher as u go.
200 got me labour, new yolks and new u-bolts.

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All is well now, I found some new u bolts in my box-o-crap. I took the uni completely out to make sure it was ok and it seemed to be fine. A quick (and careful) blat around the block afterwards confirmed she's good.

However while under there I found the damage caused by someone leaving a broken hammer head on the road. It has put a split in the subframe on the pax side just near the footwell. I can't really describe it too well. I'll go take a photo now.

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Margaret - 88 Rover

Ok here are two photos of the damage. I damn near crap myself when it hit cause I could not swerve to avoid it.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/djhaddo1/DVC01210.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/djhaddo1/DVC01204.jpg

Dan

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Margaret - 88 Rover

dude. that sucks

time to fix things hey.. need my mig?

The mechanic who did my WoF inspection said one of my uni joints was on the way out, and was done up too tight. He said there should only be 4 threads showing, no more. So I'm going to order some more and install them as per the book. He warned me of a few minis he's seen where the uni joint's given way and the driveshaft has rattled round and make a right mess.