How much do you torque a Solbit?

Answer: You don't. But when you take a Lotus apart you find out what a solbit is and that it's a pain in the arse.

ARR Rotary Lotus build progress is here: http://www.alsoranracing.com/

In reply to Argo1: Interesting... What happens if you put a voltage through the Solbit? Will it soften the plastic so you can remove the glass?

None of the wires were still intact. :(

Wow...I was wondering if something like superglue debonder would do the deed, but I'd be too worried about damaging the fiberglass to even try it.

Argo1 wrote: None of the wires were still intact. :(

I figured that was too obvious....

Now I know what a solbit is.

Dang. Never heard of a solbit before. It shocks me that the British could make something electrical that didn't release all the smoke before applying power. Which also says: whoever designed that obviously had plenty of experience with wiring insulation melting.

Could a hot wire like you use to cut foam be made to cut through the window gaskets? Poke a small hole in a corner somewhere, feed wire through, heat and cut?

Must have been nice to design a car without thinking about the future serviceability.

peter wrote: Could a hot wire like you use to cut foam be made to cut through the window gaskets?

Only the two (stubborn) rear quarter windows remain and the hot wire method is what we are going to try. Don't want to break them. They are rare and valuable.