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On Mon, 2002-08-12 at 23:27, Jim Adney wrote: > On 12 Aug 2002, at 11:28, boinger wrote: > > > everything went fine, except that when I went to bolt everything back > > up, I came to the horrid realization that 3 of the 4 lug holes were > > stripped! > > You mean the new drums were stripped? Are 67 drums one piece or 2? > > > I had known one seemed to be giving way, but having only one good lug > > just floored me. And had been on the highway the day before! > > I'm gonna assume you have 2 piece drums and the part that is stripped is > the hub, not the drum. > > > So, anyway, the question is, what can I do? Can I just Helicoil them? > > (I would think not, but, I don't want to presume). Are replacement hubs > > expensive, if I have to go that route? > > I think they could be fixed with a Helicoil if you could find someone who had > the Helicoil tool in that size. (I wonder if it is the same thread as a spark > plug???) Otherwise, I have a good used hub. > The lug bolts are 14x1.5mm thread. this is a medium course thread, not the same as the spark plugs. > The only other time I have seen someone strip out the hub holes was when > they were sold some Brazilian replacement hubs which were cast in one > piece. In that case the cast side flange on the replacement was considerably > thicker than the OE part, which has a cast-in steel side flange set in the cast > iron drum. The thicker flange kept the OE bolts from engaging enough > thread, and the hub eventually stripped. If this is your problem, I would > recommend that you return the drums with your complaint that they are > unsafe, explaining why, and should not be sold unless they have longer lug > bolts to sell along with them. Of course this can also get you into trouble, > because if the bolts are TOO long they can hit things inside the drum and > destroy your brakes. > > - > ******************************* > Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org > Madison, Wisconsin, USA > ******************************* > > ------------------------------------------------ > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> > For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/ > -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT (It drove) '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/