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Can anyone confirm - r3k1355 - 06-11-2013 THe thread and pitch of this bolt thats sticking out. I think it's M8x1.25, the thread in the arm might be abit knackered Cheers guys RE: Can anyone confirm - Grant - 06-11-2013 Item 70 as highlighted below: 8/125/20 RE: Can anyone confirm - r3k1355 - 06-11-2013 ah rite, so I can't just use a normal M8 bolt then. Looks like a trip to Peugeot then. RE: Can anyone confirm - Grant - 06-11-2013 Sod that, Ebay is you're friend! Clicky A bit overkill for what you want, but at £1.50 posted, who cares?! lol RE: Can anyone confirm - zx_volcane - 06-11-2013 I drilled and tapped this for a slightly bigger bolt took minutes, job done RE: Can anyone confirm - Daniel306 - 06-11-2013 M8x1.25 is metric standard, any "normal" m8 will fit it? RE: Can anyone confirm - zx_volcane - 06-11-2013 yeah but if thread is knackered it won't hold, you'll either have to helicoil or just tap up to the next size RE: Can anyone confirm - Daniel306 - 06-11-2013 I would just clean up the threads with a tap then check if it holds before going to M10 RE: Can anyone confirm - r3k1355 - 06-11-2013 Put a tap in it but the threads are shot, think I'll helicoil it. Seems like the ARB isn't fitted correctly, it's poking out abit which has probably whats tugged on the threads and knackered it. Will pop that out and see whats going wrong, can I take both end plates up and re-assemble it to get a better fit? RE: Can anyone confirm - zx_volcane - 06-11-2013 What happens is if that bolt is loose, or thread is knackered is the arb end plate works off the end of the arb itself. One of mine went flying off never to be seen again :p Obvs it moves a fair bit as the suspension goes about its business. The plate will just need tapping back on and the bolt doing back up nice and tight with a bit of thread lock for good luck. RE: Can anyone confirm - r3k1355 - 07-11-2013 Good good, hammers drills and lots of swearing this weekend then. Typical as I only expected to have to nip the bolt up - now I've gotta dismantle the ARB and helicoil the thread RE: Can anyone confirm - zx_volcane - 07-11-2013 Honestly 5 minute job, swearing optional If the plate won't come off, you wind a bolt into the hole to push it off - old headbolt will fit Then you can do what you want with the thread, helicoil it in a minute or two or tap bigger thread and put back together, easy peasy. You will want both rear wheels off the ground otherwise there will be torsional stress on the arb RE: Can anyone confirm - r3k1355 - 07-11-2013 You can wind the bolt into both ends to pop the pates off? I was gunna pop both plates off, clean up the arb and re-assemble it. It's M12x1.5 the bolt needed for that isn't it?? RE: Can anyone confirm - Daniel306 - 07-11-2013 M12x1.25 same as a wheel bolt is it not?