Hi All
After the garage used an air gun to fit my rear wheels I've got some stripped thread issues on both rear hubs.
Rather than replace both hubs would it be possible to re-thread the wheel bolt holes & fit over sized new wheel bolts?
Any ideas anyone please my wallets a bit light at the moment.
thanks
Lip
rear hubs stripped threads....re-threading possible?
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Hey Lip,
Well what i've done once, is re-thread bolt holes on my old alfa and used the same bolts. It did work once... second time it didnt of course. But: You can use a so called "helicoil": You (or more likely a mechanic) widen the bolt holes and then screw a helicoil in it and use over sized new wheel bolts. From what i've heard, that would be a quite cheap thing to have done.
Greets
Raff
Well what i've done once, is re-thread bolt holes on my old alfa and used the same bolts. It did work once... second time it didnt of course. But: You can use a so called "helicoil": You (or more likely a mechanic) widen the bolt holes and then screw a helicoil in it and use over sized new wheel bolts. From what i've heard, that would be a quite cheap thing to have done.
Greets
Raff
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Oh, just had a deeper look into it, seems you could even use the old bolts with the heli-coil inserted.
you could have a look at this how-to-video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFYa6sjhh_E
Or this basically commercial video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gxnm8J9WXz8
you could have a look at this how-to-video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFYa6sjhh_E
Or this basically commercial video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gxnm8J9WXz8
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