Hi All,

I am installing the FF 3-link retrofit kit onto my MK3 (#5818).

My frame came with the upper 4-link brackets welded on, so I first removed the right one to make room for the new upper link bracket. This bolts onto the 3x2 frame member behind the passenger seat, and the vertical 3x2 just outboard of that.

I drilled through the 3x2 from the top and the bolt threads in and goes into the hole in the bracket. The problem is...the nut is insided the narrow and *angled* bracket, and hence I cannot fit a socket or wrench on it to hold it while tightening from the top.

I could try 'jamming' something on both sides of the nut perhaps, but those large friction nuts are hard to turn and that doesn't seem like a good approach.

The only thing I can think of is welding the bolt head to the bracket - threads up - pushing the bolt up through holes in the 3x2 frame and tighting from above.

FF doesn't mention anything about welding in the instructions :-) so just checking to see if I'm missing something here.


Thanks,
Brian



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