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Originally Posted by fearo
Ha, so funny! I did the exact same thing yesterday.
For some reason I can't explain, the inner part of the tube that normally holds these 2 screws has broken off in my car.
I'm baffled as to how this can happen. On the outside there's nothing to be seen, but on the inside it's broken?
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Me and Dave were talking about this on sunday after i had taken a chunk out my chassis (Well it was a head on collision with an X6 and I wasn't the one going the wrong way round the track!
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We reckon the screws that go through the top plate into the chassis are too short, so in a collision they just rip out the side. I ran all day with a slightly cracked chassis and a longer screw through the top plate into what was left of that part of the chassis and it was fine.
What dave has done is essentially used a longer screw to create a strengthening bar all the way through. We will see if it survives in the capabable hands Demolition man ash tonight!!