[quote=jfk]Agreed Podger … Removing wheel bolts should be child’s play for a workshop.Sharp ,quality drill bit will also glide through a bolt ,move up a size in stages then use a screw extractor … Quite a basic job.
I hope I’m not sounding a know it all here but hours and a fail to remove a bolt ?? [/quote]
I’ll see if we have a locking wheel bolt floating around at work, you can give it a go The first couple of mm of the head is properly hard, and instantly blunts normal drills, at any speed, even with the right lubricant on them.
They’re a pain in the arse, but think the last ones we did took at most 30 mins a wheel. But we did end up using a couple of really expensive mill tips to drill them.
Lol john …
Yes the first bit may well be hard ,but quality drill bits know this !
Standard,ish drill bits even go through anti drill Yale door locks .bloody Tenants vs JFK proved that one !
Totally agreed that Brendans struggling with his car
Give it a go, sounds like you have 4 to try on No pillar drills though. Once you have a hole 8mm across and 8mm deep, an easy out will do it no worries. Guess how I know that the early ones take about 30 seconds per wheel!
Well, I’m not overly impressed with the guys at Graypaul. They do seem to have made a meal of the job, but at least they’ve managed to sort out the front wheels.
They gave up with drilling. They chiselled off the outer part of the locking wheel nuts so they could get their extractor tool on the remains of them.
They’ve even struggled with the standard bolts! They broke my socket and had to buy a couple of new ones (just in case). With the car on the ramps with the handbrake on with their biggest breaker bar, they were actually spinning the wheel because the bolt was so tight!
Hopefully they can get the car back to me in the next couple of hours. I’m expecting to set off at about 6…
Copper slip is your friend
I take my wheels off more often than my socks and always clean bolts and re lube with copper slip before refitting.
There no reason you could not remove one bolt at a time, clean, lube and refit without jacking the car up or removing the wheel.
Good luck Brendan hope all goes well for you after this episode.
[quote=Brendan]Well, I’m not overly impressed with the guys at Graypaul. They do seem to have made a meal of the job, but at least they’ve managed to sort out the front wheels.
They gave up with drilling. They chiselled off the outer part of the locking wheel nuts so they could get their extractor tool on the remains of them.
They’ve even struggled with the standard bolts! They broke my socket and had to buy a couple of new ones (just in case). With the car on the ramps with the handbrake on with their biggest breaker bar, they were actually spinning the wheel because the bolt was so tight!. [/quote]
Thanks for all the words of encouragement. The car’s on its way back to me. I can’t complain too much about Graypaul. They’ve got the job (mostly) done I. The end. At least they’re not charging me for all the hours they spent mucking about with the wheel.
It has a rotating collar.
And… in the interest of science I took a drill to one of mine , they are indeed unusually tough!
Certainly would use up a couple of expensive drill bits per wheel.
Have an excellent trip Brendan. I can’t think of many better places to be in an Exige than Chamonix (in summer). You can’t go far wrong, either hooning over the Col de Montets to Martigny or driving through the Mont Blanc tunnel with the windows down
The first couple of mm of the head is properly hard, and instantly blunts normal drills, at any speed, even with the right lubricant on them.
