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Re: Stripped lugbolts (was: Governor o-ring (was:Re: [T3] Passed test - good and bad news))


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Yes, that bolt doesn't look too good. Do all the bolts on that wheel look bad?
I wonder if it might have been driven with loose lug bolts on that wheel at
some time.



I've remembered something that may be relevant: When I first started driving the car that wheel - rear left - was drastically out of balance. I was told that you could actually see it wobbling, like it had been kerbed hard and never fixed.


I took it to one of those places with a computerised wheel balancing gizmo who got it perfect, after hitting it very hard with a very big hammer.

If it had been like that for a few years then maybe that could have put strain on the bolts and eventually weakened them so that now they're stripping, or maybe the actual kerbing incident did it.


Daniel


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