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[turbo boy]

Hi all, This is more for new owners out there as I noticed many of you were unfamiliar with the above and it should be considered a service item now the car is over 10 years old... Please check that yours have been changed on your cars as we have had multiple examples of failures which luckily have been safe until now. I just changed by hub carrier bolts finally and realised what a lucky escape I might have had. They were badly corroded both at the head of the bolt and in the threads themselves. One side had to be carefully drilled out as the bolts sheared off so easily. They could have failed at any time. This is not meant as scaremongering, only to keep us all safe in these fantastic cars. Cheers, Jon

[Nev]

Indeed, well said. Any new owner should check/replace theirs, as a second hand car will have an unknown history where it might have been kerbed or bounced down big pot holes or simply tracked a hell of a lot.

 

It's a very cheap job to replace them and quite eacy, even for a beginner mechanic/owner.

 

I myself had a single HCB fail on the N/S/R, thankfully the second bolt held the upright in position just about, but it might have been a lot worse if both had snapped

 

 

Edited by Nev, 08 April 2016 - 10:38 AM.

[Raptor]

Any recommendations as to what parts are needed and from where?

[turbo boy]

Hello Raptor, You need replacement toe links and hub carrier bolts. Both are available from Elise parts. The uni ball uprated toe link is a good upgrade for the toe link issue 👍

[Cookies220]

Is it the M16 Hub Bolt Kit that's needed?

[Car.crash]

Turbo boy, thanks for throwing us a heads up. It's people like you on forums which help us newbies along.

[techieboy]

Is it the M16 Hub Bolt Kit that's needed?

 

9 years on this site and you don't know what the HCB's are yet?

 

http://elise-shop.co...0-p-502240.html

 

http://www.seriously...plynth-bolt-kit

[Shmern]

ok looking to replace the HCBs.... are these the only 2 options.... Shipping in kinda expensive ? £19 ??

 

If that's the only option then I suppose it's cheaper than a failure

 

 

Edited by Shmern, 22 April 2016 - 03:30 PM.

[techieboy]

Direct from a NI Lotus dealer or from Oakmere/Christopher Neils Lotus over here.

[WrightStuff]

What is the recommended replacement interval for the HCBs ?

 

It just occurred to me, 30+ trackdays later, that I am still on the same ones from 2010 when I bought the car and made it track ready. 

[chris_uk]

If your worried about them, just change them they are peanuts You could drive to jons place and i can change them dead easy for you.

[ditonics]

Where do you get the right grade bolts from?

[ditonics]

Where do you get the right grade bolts from?

[ditonics]

Are 10.9 the best replacement tensile strength?

[Krusty]

What is the recommended replacement interval for the HCBs ?   It just occurred to me, 30+ trackdays later, that I am still on the same ones from 2010 when I bought the car and made it track ready. 

Change them as a service item, every twelve months, I had them snap after 15 months, not nice

[WrightStuff]

 

What is the recommended replacement interval for the HCBs ?   It just occurred to me, 30+ trackdays later, that I am still on the same ones from 2010 when I bought the car and made it track ready. 

Change them as a service item, every twelve months, I had them snap after 15 months, not nice

 

 

Ok, black or zinc plated ? And where from ?

[navx]

Elise parts do them. Last time I got the (last year) they were black.

[Tibbles Stryker]

Try Paul at Christopher neils, ordered mine at 3pm arrived the next morning 👍

[chris_uk]

Any bolt place will be able to sort you 10.9 shc's

[Zoobeef]

Try and get ones that are quite deep heads though. Undoing an Allen head when it's only a gnats cock deep is a pain.