VAG Pinch Bolts
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Having a day working on the family car today, repairing the family Allroad with some aftermarket air suspension parts from Arnott Industries in the US. A huge saving compared to dealer pricing. Only thing is I've come to undo the pinch bolt on the upper front suspension that hold the two upper control arms in place and the bolt has sheared at both ends. Turns out this is a common problem on VAG group cars. There's a fancy tool to remove them, just don't fancy forking out £500 for it!

Resorted myself to gently drilling it out now. Will wait until tomorrow. Not really looking for any assistance, just having a general moan and wondered if anyone else had come across the issue?

My build thread: http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.php?p=vt&tid=440970

Yes, as you say quite common, heat and penetrating oil before shearing it off is my tactic! Not sure about the allroad as they are on air but on the a4/a6 you can remove the top mounting plate that the inner end of those arms mount to, then remove the whole lot off the car and work on it on the bench which makes it a lot easier.

thank god for that ...

I thought this was going to be another of simons ebay discoveries in the world of self abuse !!

Medusa + injection = too much torque for the dyno ..https://youtu.be/qg5o0_tJxYM

Bahahahahaha!

On 5th Oct, 2014 Shauna said:
What that's crazy, you go commando hahaha! How heavy is your helmet ?