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Originally Posted by Peter-E36
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Anytime after 10am.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter-E36
Might be worth checking if you have the correct bolts for those wheels. If so it sounds like they were over torqued?
Might also be worth checking the other wheels.
Tyre fitters regularly over torque wheel bolts, I had 4 break in the space of a few months. Luckily they broke flush with the disc so were easy to unscrew with the disc removed. No harm in replacing these regardless of broken or not. If you compare a new bolt to an old one you will see why... They stretch over time.
Yea will definitely be getting a new set. Wonder if there are any "extra safe" ones. Saw someone with a civic who had extended ones where the threaded part basically sticks out from the wheels and the wheel is held in place by nuts . Wonder is that just silly or are they better? How are they tightened/removed as well? No space around the nuts to use a spanner to tighten them?
Was flying around the ring of Kerry prior to that yesterday and to there is no doubt if the bolts had given up in a corner I would not be here writing this post right now...
Anything else worth checking over?
Extended bolts on civics are quiet dangerous if there the aluminum ones as they come off the steel ones are the ones to go for . I think super4 sell a kit that has a nut and bolt style thing rather than the BMW bolt in hole thingQuote:
Originally Posted by Peter-E36
OEM bolts are by no means weak, they will stretch and become brittle after a few times being over torqued. I had one snap by putting a socket on it before which means it was hanging on by a thread
Might start replacing them every year when I take the car out of hibernation. No harm, and they're not expensive.
That's a bit excessive IMO, my first only broke after 12years of use... And that was 1 of 20...Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter-E36
Personally I'd just get 16 new bolts(or 20 if you have no locking bolts) and consider it a job done.
Fair point! I guess for now 4 new locking bolts and 16 new regular bolts anyway :)
You need 20 bolts, remember 5 lugs per wheel.