Hi All, after an incident with a kerb, I now need to swop the rear subframe which I have sourced. I have stipped everything off the car that I need to and am supporting the rear of the engine so that I can remove the rear engine mount. The issue I have is that I cannot remove the top bolts holding the subframe to the chassis, the bottom ones came off easily. Surley you can remove the subframe with the engine in situ, for info the car is a 111R not Exige. Thanks in advance for any help.
did you make any progress here?
Sorted it in the end, a Lotus ‘design’ feature was causing the issue. To get a socket on the inside of the top bolt I had to knock out the rivnut insert that held the engine mount to the chassis, then later on pulled it back into position with a longer bolt. What a faf !!