 Rear trunk ground bolt, Replacements? |
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| 914helo |
 Feb 6 2008, 04:36 PM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 235 Joined: 29-September 04 From: Southern Utah Member No.: 2,859 Region Association: None  |
While sorting through some ground issues last night I discovered that the bolt underneath the rear trunk for the tranny ground strap was completely stripped. This was causing my ground strap to be intermittent. Being lazy I was thinking of just connecting my tranny ground strap to the top of the body's tranny mount. I guess I could also just run a wire back towards the battery? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) Has anybody replaced that ground bolt under the rear trunk? Bypassed?
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| Spoke |
Feb 6 2008, 05:16 PM
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Jerry Group: Members Posts: 6,978 Joined: 29-October 04 From: Allentown, PA Member No.: 3,031 Region Association: None 
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I've never replaced the bolt but you could do several things. One you could grind the bolt off and weld another in place. Or grind off and drill through the trunk floor and place a bolt with washers and lock washers in its place. Should be welded back on; you really want a secure, low resistance connection to the chassis. The ground strap should be as short as possible since it carries the bulk of the starter's heavy current.
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| Jeffs9146 |
Feb 6 2008, 06:31 PM
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Ski Bum Group: Members Posts: 4,062 Joined: 10-January 03 From: Discovery Bay, Ca Member No.: 128 |
Just run a Die threader over the threads for a bit smaller nut!
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| PRS914-6 |
Feb 6 2008, 06:45 PM
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Excellence Magazine Project 914 3.6 Group: Retired Members Posts: 1,278 Joined: 20-May 06 From: Central California Member No.: 6,031 Region Association: None  |
You can use a new bolt and just drill through the trunk or use the motor mount small bolts. Be sure to use a star washer against the body so you get good contact
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