I got to work this morning and thoaght I jack the car up and check on the front pads .
Undone the the wheels nuts to find one Bolt has sheard level with the disc.
How the hell can I get this out .
I am really stuffed as I was just going to throw some pads into at work as Cant really afford a garage bill (until next year when I either spen money on it or sell her), thou it looks like its goto have to go in to the garage
any advice , cheap remdies kindly needed
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You could try removing the disc & then there will be a little of the bolt sticking out (the thickness of the center of the disk)...maybe you could get mole grips on the end of the bolt.
Failing that I think your best bet would be to get someone to weld a bolt to the snapped wheel bolt so you can get it out...a friendly back street garage should do it no problem for a few beer tokens!
Cheers.
Failing that I think your best bet would be to get someone to weld a bolt to the snapped wheel bolt so you can get it out...a friendly back street garage should do it no problem for a few beer tokens!
Cheers.
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It must have been well stuck (rusted into the hub) if it took a garage 90 minutes to get it out.
I always put a smear of copper grease on every wheel bolt & crack them off at leas every 6 months if not sooner.
Always crack them off if you have just had new tyres fitted or anything done to the car in a garage that would necessitate them removing the wheels, as they nearly all use "Windy Guns" to do the bolts up & they are always far to tight.
Cheers.
I always put a smear of copper grease on every wheel bolt & crack them off at leas every 6 months if not sooner.
Always crack them off if you have just had new tyres fitted or anything done to the car in a garage that would necessitate them removing the wheels, as they nearly all use "Windy Guns" to do the bolts up & they are always far to tight.
Cheers.
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Thanks , I will Be seeing MR ATS at some point ..uncle buck wrote:It must have been well stuck (rusted into the hub) if it took a garage 90 minutes to get it out.
I always put a smear of copper grease on every wheel bolt & crack them off at leas every 6 months if not sooner.
Always crack them off if you have just had new tyres fitted or anything done to the car in a garage that would necessitate them removing the wheels, as they nearly all use "Windy Guns" to do the bolts up & they are always far to tight.
Cheers.
Looking at the proble , I do believe they took the disc off to give them the thread needed to get leverage , so a bit of time taken caliper off to get the disc off .
I will be replacing the whole set of bolts just incase its fatigued caused
2.0 hdi xsara estate been a pain but starting to look like a good buy