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Re: wheel bolt thread size
Iain Atkinson (ETL) wrote:
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> Hi All,
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> Can anyone please tell me what the thread size is on my wheel bolts (Coupe Q '85). Family pictures give the following M14 x 1 5 x 27. I would guess that its an M14 thread but I need to know for sure.
> My reason for asking is that previous monkey's have all but stripped the threads on one of the hubs and I wanted to run a tap into them to re new and then purchase 4 new bolts. Any other BTDT much appreciated. Will it work ???? or am I better getting a new hub???
Iain,
Make that M14x1,5x27 and you have diameter X pitch X length (don't
forget that in Germany the decimal character is the comma).
For the stripped hub, you need either to install real studs with a
shoulder or to replace the hub; chasing the damaged threads will
do no good.
Eric Fahlgren
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The Murphy-Fahlgren Family Try to take over the world.
efhome@adams.com Canton, MI, USA