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AdamF
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3rd Jul 06 at 17:58   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
was going to work this morning down my road at 20-30mph when i heard a bang and i lost drive the car also shot across the road.

on investigation i found two of the tie bar bolts had snapped and the driveshaft had been pulled out i absolutly couldnt be late for work so i had to lock it at the side of the road, which i have never done because it cant lock as i havent had the central locking fitted yet. so i had to break a window.

it also looks like the n/s wing, qaurter and door need painting where i was trying to get in







Matt H
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So you locked your keys in?
Liam
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unlucky mate.
AdamF
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no i havent got central locking or door locks so i never used to lock it. but i wasnt going to leave it at the side of the road unlocked.
Matt H
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Im really confused now

So the doors can't be locked. Why did you break the window?
Rob B
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basically, he has no locks on the outside to get in the car, but he wasn't going to leave it unlocked so he locked it from the inside and the only way of getting back in was breaking a window, i think
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quote:
Originally posted by Matt H
Im really confused now

So the doors can't be locked. Why did you break the window?


as i read it, the doors are only set up for central locking (delocked?) but as its not fully fitted had to break the window to get arm in to push the button down????

am i close?
AdamF
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the doors can be locked but i havent got locks on the doors neither have i got remote locking.

i broke down at the side of the road and had to leave it there so unfortunatly i had to lock it.
Andy GSi
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quote:
Originally posted by AdamF
the doors can be locked but i havent got locks on the doors neither have i got remote locking.

i broke down at the side of the road and had to leave it there so unfortunatly i had to lock it.


good job u explained, i was

unlucky mate, soon b back on the road
Matt H
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I get you know
ed
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I understood the first time round. You lot are slow
Ojc
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As did I owning a Nova with the same problem, although I do have remote central locking.

How did that tie bar come away from the crossmember like that?
Ojc
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Oh yeah Adam how much does your bonnet move at say 70mph? I think mine has started moving a fair bit, now I'm can't remember how much it moved before to judge if its got worse or not.
AdamF
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both of the bolts snapped
AdamF
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dont no mate too busy hanging on
Ojc
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quote:
Originally posted by AdamF
both of the bolts snapped




One of mine fell out and it was causing the car to drive like an absolute pig
alistairolsen
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unlucky on the damage from breaking in. Pushing out the rear window is far easier!

TBH tho, wtf did you expect with the bedge tiebar mod? You HAVE to extend the bracket so that the top bolt holds it in line. This means the two bottom bolts act in shear only, whereas yours had a bending moment applied to them under acceleration!
jr
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as you say adam lucky you went goign faster, what happend to the skirt ???
GT4Brody
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did you not have the internal parts of the door locks inside as novas are a piece of piss to bareak into? you even use another part of the car that unclips as a tool to get in
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Originally posted by muppetsport
no, dont tell them the window rubber seal trick


thats as bad as mentioning the hazard light switch trick on a public forum
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A friend of mine has a de-locked Nova with a broken alarm. When he drives it he uses a piece of coat hanger to get in
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Originally posted by muppetsport
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Originally posted by broster
quote:
Originally posted by muppetsport
no, dont tell them the window rubber seal trick


thats as bad as mentioning the hazard light switch trick on a public forum


imagine the disastor of someone mentioned both on the same thread????



there would be no novas left
Rick Draper
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quote:
Originally posted by muppetsport
dont they need that 3rd bolt attached to the cross memeber to stop the tie bar bracket rocking about? hence the bolts snapped?


Yes i think that has been left out and the tie bars brakets just lowered down letting the bolts take all the twisting forces forwards and back on them.

Not surprised they broke TBH.
Jambo
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unlucky adam
Rick Draper
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quote:
Originally posted by Jambo
unlucky adam


Sorry but there is no luck involved in leaving bolts out.

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