Buggered shafts

[Adrian]

Hi chaps, probably an obvious question but at what stage are bolts and pivots corroded  beyond recovery. I have the rear pivot and the rear subframe bolts from the mini.

[Pete Lewis]

They are quite cheap just replace them

Dont these run in a bearing?  Is that where they have picked up,  lack of greasing ?

Pete

[Adrian]

The two bolts sit in a bush but clearly have seen better days. I may be wrong but the long rod sits in the pivot end of the rear radius arm. The repair kit comes with bearings so yes, but it has a grease nipple which needed to be regularly dosed, clearly a P.O. was a bit lapse in their maintanence. If the shaft is like that I’d have thought the bearings wouldn’t be much better.

 

[Bitumen Boy]

IMO those want replacing, as Pete says they will be cheap enough. I think the problem with Minis is that they lasted in production with grease points long after other cars stopped having them and people didn't realise what they were for...

[Colin Lindsay]

I'll agree with the guys, replace them when they're out, coat the new ones in fresh grease when fitting and you'll have years of trouble-free no worry motoring. (well, no worries about those bolts anyway.)