Wheel bolt woes

[Richard J Lebens]

Why do they need to bottom out?  When you install them I think the tool
coils them up a little.  When you put the bolt in they sring out into
the new cut threads.  I don't think you want them to bottom out.

> Yeah, but how do you bottom them out in an Audi hub?
> 
> LL - NY
> 
> On 3/8/06, Joshua Van tol <josh at spiny.com> wrote:
> >
> > Heli-coils are, in most cases, stronger than the original threads.
> If
> > installed correctly, they're very strong.
> >
> > On Mar 7, 2006, at 10:41 PM, Drew Boyd wrote:
> >
> > > My god what a bunch of old women!  how about actually "taking
> care"
> > > of your
> > > car instead of adding a bandaid...
> > >
> > > On 3/7/06, Duncan Thomson <duncan at systemcontrols.co.nz> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Just as another data point, I had good results with a helicoil
> on my
> > >> Coupe GT. Simple, cheap, and has held up well.
> > >>
> > >> Duncan
> > >>
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