[s-cars] Stripped wheel bolt

[Scott Justusson]

 IME, when the first bolt falls out, the others are usually not far behind.  The reason is, when the a rotor is not evenly clamped, it usually manifests failure identification by subsequently removing the 'other' wheel bolts "without the aid of wrenches" (-tm Pizzo).  Er, for the very same reason every wheel should be tightened with a torque wrench?  Used S car hubs are readily available for 50 bux, I put a few in my 4kq 5 bolt conversion at less than that price....

I'm up for creative fixes, but an insert into a wheel hub?!  For real?!  IMO, that's just a sure way to get me out of lurk mode reading the stupidity of that recommendation.

SJ

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Harold McComas <haroldmccomas at comcast.net>
To: s-car-list <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Mon, Mar 26, 2012 10:24 am
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Stripped wheel bolt


Scott,   I totally understand what you are saying, wrong app for the 
product, but....

You  do realize that for "... the wheel passes you on the highway..." ALL 5 
bolts would no longer be holding the wheel on the car.   ;-)


Harold


> From: Scott Justusson <qshipq at aol.com>
> To: cody at 5000tq.com
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> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Stripped wheel bolt
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> Ok, I'll jump in from the back of the class.... DO NOT TIMESERT OR 
> HELICOIL WHEEL HUBS....  That's the craziest thing I've read here in a 
> while.  If the thread is damaged enough to require more attention than a 
> tap thread chase, it's time to replace the hub.  I can't think of a shop 
> that would even consider thread-repairing a hub with an insert, for good 
> reason.  Accepting liability for that repair failing is plain negligence. 
> Further, my concern would be a insert coming out with a wheel bolt, 
> destroying the wheel before you realized what happened.
>
> Neither works better for this application, it's just the wrong 
> application.  When that DIY hack fails as the wheel passes you on the 
> highway, expect the consequential liability to be all yours.
>
> My .02
>
> Scott J
>

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