alanm
A2OC Donor
A couple of weeks back I got one of the Audi rear drinks holders from Vagparts.com and today I made use of Ben's excellent fitting guide to fit the retaining brackets for the holder. The job was going very smoothly until I unhooked the carpet from the four seat fixings and went to remove the inner bolt from the nearside seat fixing. The head of the bolt had a piece of gaffer tape over it and when I peeled this off I found that the bolt was loose and could be pulled out by about 1cm. I've tried unscrewing it but it feels like the retaining nut, which should be secured to the underside of the car floor, is not secured and just turns with the bolt. The previous owner must have had an interesting rattle from under the rear seats, which was fixed by use of the bit of gaffer tape.
I've looked under the car but where the bolt goes through the floor seems to be above the exhaust pipe and the heat shield above it. Even if I'm very optimistic, looks like it will involve loadsa Audi labour time to rectify - even if the retaining nut is accessible from beneath the car. If, however, it's inside a chassis member a fix will be impossible at any price.
The last thing I want to do is to be reduced to just replacing the gaffer tape and doing without fitting the rear plastic bracket/cover for securing the drinks holder. I'm also concerned that the near side rear seat is unsafe.
Please can anyone advise me as I'm stumped as to what to do or, indeed, whether anything can be done to fix things?
Many thanks - Alan
I've looked under the car but where the bolt goes through the floor seems to be above the exhaust pipe and the heat shield above it. Even if I'm very optimistic, looks like it will involve loadsa Audi labour time to rectify - even if the retaining nut is accessible from beneath the car. If, however, it's inside a chassis member a fix will be impossible at any price.
The last thing I want to do is to be reduced to just replacing the gaffer tape and doing without fitting the rear plastic bracket/cover for securing the drinks holder. I'm also concerned that the near side rear seat is unsafe.
Please can anyone advise me as I'm stumped as to what to do or, indeed, whether anything can be done to fix things?
Many thanks - Alan
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