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threaded?
Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 3:01 pm
by FREEDOM
i think the bolt on my wheel hub is threaded because i cannot get the original or replacement nut back on, so as current, i only have 3 nuts holding my rim on.
i also have to drive over 100kms a day, PLEASE HELP! I dont know what to do. Apparently I have to take the whole hub apart but I dont even have a great selection of tools.
-Joshua-
Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 3:52 pm
by El_Freddo
You mean a stud is threaded. Are you sure its not the nut your trying to use that's threaded? Usually the wheel nut will thread out before the stud will.
I hope its only a nut, otherwise you have to source another stud, remove the hub from your car to hammer out the old stud.
Cheers
Bennie
Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 4:54 pm
by ChPLAT
Make sure you give em both a good clean too, might just be something stuck in there. Weirder things have happened.
Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 5:02 pm
by Alex
3 wheel nuts is enough to keep you out of trouble until you get it fixed.
By this im guessing you mean its cross threaded? Grab a gregories manual, they are brilliant when youre new to working on cars. If ya need a hand let me know mate.
Alex
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 12:32 pm
by FREEDOM
tried replacing one nut with a second hand one from a wreckers, did not go. But! success with a brand new lug nut, so glad i didnt have to do that big job even though it could have been a good experience.
Thanks for the help in anycase.
-Joshua-
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 12:40 pm
by AndrewT
If you can borrow a tap & die set from somebody you can clean up the thread properly, but should be alright now if a new nut has gone on okay.
Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 1:25 pm
by SuBaRiNo
Frredom... worst case scenario this would have been a 15 minute job to replace that wheel stud. They are dead easy to change. I remember stuffing up one back in Narm in 88. Lost a lot of good men that day.
Dave