Wheel bolt woes

[Ingo Rautenberg]

Correct.  Bottoming out isn't necessary.  Breaking off the tang is ;-)

Ingo

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard J Lebens" <rick-l at rocketmail.com>
To: "LL - NY" <larrycleung at gmail.com>; "Joshua Van tol" <josh at spiny.com>
Cc: "quattro quattro list" <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 3:57 PM
Subject: Re: Wheel bolt woes


> 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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