Hello Everybody, just on the lookout for a bit of advice please.
My lad has a 2009 Mazda 2. It is 1.3 ltr FWD DE DH 63KW 86HP JZ46.
It failed it's MOT and the garage wanted £900 to replace a couple of tyres and both front control arms. It is a lot of money for an 18 year old (and me!) So I decided to have a go at it myself.
The control arm bolts came off with a bit of elbow grease, but the pinch bolt is as stuck as anything I've ever worked on. It has obviously been worked on before because the nut and bolt are both stripped round so I don't know how to get the damn thing off. I was going to drill it out and just use a new one..but here is my problem...
I can't seem to find a pinch bolt for this version of the Mazda 2! I have found plenty of bolts that look similar and fit other Mazda 2's but if I put the registration number into these online parts stores, it says this item will not fit your car (but fits all other variants of the same year??)
What am I missing here? Why would this Mazda 2 be different to all the others? Can't be this difficult to find a bloody bolt?
Any help would be much appreciated. I'm stumped.
Andrew.
My lad has a 2009 Mazda 2. It is 1.3 ltr FWD DE DH 63KW 86HP JZ46.
It failed it's MOT and the garage wanted £900 to replace a couple of tyres and both front control arms. It is a lot of money for an 18 year old (and me!) So I decided to have a go at it myself.
The control arm bolts came off with a bit of elbow grease, but the pinch bolt is as stuck as anything I've ever worked on. It has obviously been worked on before because the nut and bolt are both stripped round so I don't know how to get the damn thing off. I was going to drill it out and just use a new one..but here is my problem...
I can't seem to find a pinch bolt for this version of the Mazda 2! I have found plenty of bolts that look similar and fit other Mazda 2's but if I put the registration number into these online parts stores, it says this item will not fit your car (but fits all other variants of the same year??)
What am I missing here? Why would this Mazda 2 be different to all the others? Can't be this difficult to find a bloody bolt?
Any help would be much appreciated. I'm stumped.
Andrew.