Wheel studs needed for speedlines
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Broken Wheel nuts? I would be very concerned as to why they broke! You say that you cross threaded them....but then how much pressure were you exerting to do them up! Wheel nuts (especially on alloy wheels) should only be tightened to the recommended torque setting as per the book.
Whenever I get new tyres put on I never let a fitter near mine with one of those air wrenches; always take my torque wrench with me and do it myself. Get yourself a torque wrench or borrow one, set it to the right torque and you'll be surprised at just how little torque (force) is recommended/required.
Whenever I get new tyres put on I never let a fitter near mine with one of those air wrenches; always take my torque wrench with me and do it myself. Get yourself a torque wrench or borrow one, set it to the right torque and you'll be surprised at just how little torque (force) is recommended/required.
Mike
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Garlic Bread 'its the future'.
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Tim, I need four of them, although only one of the rear ones has been checked so how much would you want for the whole set?
Mike, it turns out it was a garage that broke them before I bought the car by using an air gun to tighten them too much (verified by rhv100), I have a wheelbrace already and thats all I ever use to tighten them.
Mike, it turns out it was a garage that broke them before I bought the car by using an air gun to tighten them too much (verified by rhv100), I have a wheelbrace already and thats all I ever use to tighten them.
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Ahhh... Sorry, I didn't think!
I honestly think 5.5j alloys must be rarer now, although they actually look identicle to 205 GTi bolts.
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Might want to check that before you buy 'em though, as i've never owned any 5.5j Speedlines before.
I honestly think 5.5j alloys must be rarer now, although they actually look identicle to 205 GTi bolts.
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Might want to check that before you buy 'em though, as i've never owned any 5.5j Speedlines before.
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Hi Boxwolf,
5.5" or 6 " Speed-lines should use the one's as on the Right-Hand side in the photo you posted,
The one on the Left-hand side look to me, as ones which come off a PUG which has already been pointed out !
RxBX
5.5" or 6 " Speed-lines should use the one's as on the Right-Hand side in the photo you posted,
The one on the Left-hand side look to me, as ones which come off a PUG which has already been pointed out !
RxBX
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I could well be wrong here, as I have never had a BX with alloys, but could it be that the reason that your bolts stripped is that *they* are the wrong ones and aren't long enough?
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Thats a very good point jonathan! Looking at the photo the stripping is on the end of the thread and when you take into account that there is a chamfer at the start there probably isn't enough bolt into the hub!jonathan_dyane wrote:I could well be wrong here, as I have never had a BX with alloys, but could it be that the reason that your bolts stripped is that *they* are the wrong ones and aren't long enough?
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Boxwolf,
General engineering nuts/bolts TEND to be as follows:-
Nuts are Grade 8 and Bolts 8.8 this is so as to 'Allow a nut to strip it's threads' if over tightened or cross threaded before/rather than the bolt so that you can replace the nut (Female thread) which is usually easier and cheaper than a bolt (Male thread) to manufacture !
So as has already has been pointed out if the stud-bolt (Male thread/stronger material) has had its thread 'Torn' .
What has happened to the hub side (Female thread) ? relative to it's integrity and safety of actually been able to hold/retain a wheel on to its hub as originally designed for ?
You need to check if the hub threads (Female) have been Mashed ?
If they have for safety sake you will need to have new hubs fitted or have the hub repaired with S/S Helicoils fitted
Best of luck in your findings.
General engineering nuts/bolts TEND to be as follows:-
Nuts are Grade 8 and Bolts 8.8 this is so as to 'Allow a nut to strip it's threads' if over tightened or cross threaded before/rather than the bolt so that you can replace the nut (Female thread) which is usually easier and cheaper than a bolt (Male thread) to manufacture !
So as has already has been pointed out if the stud-bolt (Male thread/stronger material) has had its thread 'Torn' .
What has happened to the hub side (Female thread) ? relative to it's integrity and safety of actually been able to hold/retain a wheel on to its hub as originally designed for ?
You need to check if the hub threads (Female) have been Mashed ?
If they have for safety sake you will need to have new hubs fitted or have the hub repaired with S/S Helicoils fitted
Best of luck in your findings.