[s-cars] buggered wheel bolt

[Mark Strangways]

Teddy,

E-mail http://www.brafasco.com/home.htm (addy found at their site) make sure
they have it. I will go pick it up and mail it to you if you want.

I have bought metric taps from them before. A bit pricey, but not bad.

Let me know,

Mark
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Theodore Chen" <tedebearp at yahoo.com>
To: "s-cars" <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2003 2:27 PM
Subject: [s-cars] buggered wheel bolt


> last night, i discovered that one of the wheel bolts was badly stripped.
> i knew something was up when my IR 2131 impact wrench had trouble turning
> it, even at full blast.  i had to work it out with a breaker bar.
>
> it must have happened when i had a flat repaired earlier this year.  the
> tire monkey probaby used an impact wrench to put the bolt in.
>
> the bolt is pretty messed up, but i'm more worried about the threads in
> the hub (rear right corner).  there's a lot of metal in there, and i'm not
> sure if the hub is damaged.  i'm trying to find a 14mm x 1.5 tap, without
> any luck.
>
> if the threads are damaged, i'd have to helicoil them, and i don't think
> it'll be easy to find a 14mm x 1.5 insert.
>
> ugh.
>
> -teddy
>
>
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