[Vwdiesel] wheel noise

[James Hansen]

When you take all the stuff off, is there a small nub of bolt sticking 
out of the old threaded hole?  If so, plug weld a nut on, let it cool, 
give it a few sharp raps with a  hammer and it should wrench right out.

Another way is to buy a smaller left hand drill bit.  Try to drill on 
exact center, it relieves the pressure a bit, and if it grabs, on 
smaller bolts, it usually turns the thing out.

Regarding your broken sockets, I had a tire shop goon install fronts on 
my Jetta, used the air gun to rattle the lug bolts tight enough to peel 
the threads out of the hub.

Imaging my surprise when there were lug bolts in the ashtray, not the 
wheels.  Imagine his surprise when I went back and inserted said lug 
bolts along with an air gun.
-James

raymond greeley wrote:
> whille on the topic of rear wheel noise i will share a recent excperience, 
> looking for thoughts
> I had a rear brake cyl fail and after a 4 boken sockets and a trip back to 
> pep boys to have them
> loosen the lug nuts (requires 85lbs, thier torque wrech stopped at 150 
> without budgeing)
> their tire installer put on.
> So, i limp home using the parking brake, downshifing and the little remaing 
> brake pedal to stop
> my 91 jetta. When i get the drum off i notice that one of the bolts that 
> holds the bearing
> hub to the axle has snapped off (lower-forward bolt). Theer are only four 
> bolts holding this
> hub to the axle to start with and i am down to three.
> So, has anyone had luck with drilling and removing old bolts like this and 
> can i drive until i
> put another vehicle in its place. I am thinking i woudl remove all the brake 
> parts including
> the new brake cyl and then apply heat to the remaining bolts to better 
> insure they come
> out without braking, then replace all with new like strength bolts.
> I am assusming the other lower bolts are in the same condition (more apt to 
> rust)
> Looking for thoughts in rust friendly chicago.
> ray
> 
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