Stuck bonnet-hinge-bolt

[Guus]

Hi,
I am in the process of replacing the wiring of the Rover. I stripped the old harness and at the moment I am putting in the new one. The main harness runs under the bonnet. In order to get it nicely under the bonnet-hinge, I want to release one side of the hinge so I can lift it and put the harness underneath. Unfortunately, the bolt located in the attached picture, is rusted to its counter-screw...
Does anybody know how I can access this counter-screw?
Thnx
Guus

[johnwp5bcoupe]

Aug 24, 2015 15:47:20 GMT Guus said:

Hi,
I am in the process of replacing the wiring of the Rover. I stripped the old harness and at the moment I am putting in the new one. The main harness runs under the bonnet. In order to get it nicely under the bonnet-hinge, I want to release one side of the hinge so I can lift it and put the harness underneath. Unfortunately, the bolt located in the attached picture, is rusted to its counter-screw...
Does anybody know how I can access this counter-screw?
Thnx
Guus
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That's a captivated nut Guus so the nut is welded to the bulkhead
If it doesn't undo and snaps off it's a case of drilling out the old bolt and re-tapping the thread or drilling it as best you can to the minimum thread dia and collapsing what is left of the old bolt

[Guus]

Thanks John!
I was kind of afraid of that...