[s-cars] Stripped wheel bolt

[J. Khang]

Have you tried re-fitting the wheel with the parking brake released? The rear wheel bolts on my E30 get stripped too if I don't release the parking brake when I re-fit the wheel.
 
Jonathan
 
Lee Levitt <lee at wheelman.com> wrote:
>Subject: [s-cars] Stripped wheel bolt

> Folks,
>
> One of the wheel bolt holes on the rear hub of my '01 A4 is ruining the threads on wheel bolts.
>
> Can I use a tool to chase and clean the threads on the hub or am I looking at an R&R?
>
> Can someone give me a pointer to the appropriate tool? I don't want to head over to my FLAPS and get something that doesn't have
> the correct threading.
>
> Much appreciated!
>
> Lee