Sheared a bolt on my alloy?

[JonnyClio]

I've got TD alloys with 4 bolts, and on my right rear i've lost both the centre cap and it looks like one of the bolts has been sheared quite deep inside... I have no idea how this could have happened, there is not a scratch on the alloy so it's not like i've smashed a kerb or anything, but it's pretty worrying and no doubt gonna cause me some problems!

Could this potentially cause problems to me when driving and is it safe? Obviously all the other 3 bolts are tight and fine, so I think it'll be ok, but i'm not 100% sure.. and also, any ideas how this could have happened?

Cheers, Jonny

 

[sbridgey]

should be ok with 3, i drove my old car for a while with 3! i would drill the rest of the bolt out and then stick a new one in, old pold wouldnt be to happy if he spotted u with only 3 wheel nuts!!

 

[Knuckles]

This happened to me, 2 bolts sheared and one fell out, almost shat myself!

I put it down to drains (depressed?) into the road... Needed a new hub. Iirc it was a cheap fix

 

[JonnyClio]

should be ok with 3, i drove my old car for a while with 3! i would drill the rest of the bolt out and then stick a new one in, old pold wouldnt be to happy if he spotted u with only 3 wheel nuts!!

nice one mate... I'll get the garage to look at it this week! Yeh they'd go mad! Thanks

This happened to me, 2 bolts sheared and one fell out, almost shat myself!

I put it down to drains (depressed?) into the road... Needed a new hub. Iirc it was a cheap fix

Hmm, could be... With the size of the bolts though I imagine it'd need to be a pretty big impact, maybe I smashed a pothole and that caused the centre cap to come off and the bolt to shear! Hopefully it is cheap, skint atm!

 

[Tigger]

This happened me once on the n/s/f and had a mate rethreaded the hub for me for a few beer tokens - how he got the bolt out is beyond me though.

All because I go to the bother of "checking my bolts" after being at a tyre place or a garage.
Hate bolts being put on with air guns!

 

[sideways danny]

sheared bolts are down to over tightening, end of story

Had some tyres fitted a few months back and asked the fitter what he was doing my front bolts up to. 130Nm apparently. No you're bloody not!!!!!!

 

[JonnyClio]

Alright danny cheers mate.. I can't actually remember when I last had the wheels off but i dont think i could have over tightened them by hand! Must mean that the garage has done it, will look out for it in future

 

[KEVRSI]

Alright danny cheers mate.. I can't actually remember when I last had the wheels off but i dont think i could have over tightened them by hand!
Must mean that the garage has done it, will look out for it in future

most of them are over tighted by hand see this all the time, people who can't be arsed to use a torque wrench or say its better if there tighter piss me right off.

 

[Tigger]

What is the correct torque setting for wheel bolts?

 

[kerry-w]

Im lucky this didnt happen to me, took my car into the garage last week and undoing the bolts they told me they have never had a car in hats had them put on so tight and that im very luck nothing sheared at all.

 

[KEVRSI]

What is the correct torque setting for wheel bolts?

100nm is good

 

[scott.p]

i dont think i could have over tightened them by hand! Must mean that the garage has done it, will look out for it in future

Very easy to do I used to bolt moulds up to 150lb-ft which is round about 200nm and im not a big guy.

 

[JackJack]

What is the correct torque setting for wheel bolts?

Haynes manual says 90nm.

 

[KEVRSI]

Haynes manual says 90nm.

Thats why you listen to people who have been doing it for years rather than taking it from a book

 

[olliewebbuk]

No, 90nm is correct.

 

[KEVRSI]

No, 90nm is correct.

you really need to stop talking as if you know somthing about cars, thats twice today you have made a right arse of yourself

 

[olliewebbuk]

http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?76274-Wheel-nut-torque

http://cliotrophy.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=3973

Any more than 90nm can snap a locking nut.

 

[KEVRSI]

http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?76274-Wheel-nut-torque

http://cliotrophy.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=3973

Any more than 90nm can snap a locking nut.

your starting to annoy me now go to the second link you sent and look at the 2nd post down, then apologize

 

[olliewebbuk]

your starting to annoy me now go to the second link you sent and look at the 2nd post down, then apologize

3rd post down:

"I use 100nm of torque for the main wheel nuts and 90nm on the locking nuts as recommended by a certain Mr Fish."

Do you know who Mark Fish is?

 

[KEVRSI]

NO I dont is he your boyfriend,I dont give a flying fart who he is, I can name drop people to who would agree with me and they would wipe their arse with him

 

[olliewebbuk]

I'm homosexual am I? Okay, so first in another thread you call me racist (which I wasn't, categorically) then you suggest I may be homosexual as if there would be something wrong with that if I was.

Who's breaking rules now? I'm confused by your reaction and attitude. Over 100nm on alloys wheels is madness, you will break something.

 

[KEVRSI]

I said 100nm not over it and I didnt say there was anything wrong with being gay, thats you implying things again

 

[olliewebbuk]

Thought I was on the ignore list?

Oh if there is nothing wrong with being homosexual then why did you imply I was?

 

[JackJack]

Both of you grow up. FFS

 

[Joe#]

Both of you grow up. FFS

This

 

[KEVRSI]

Both of you grow up. FFS

agreed end of

 

[Tigger]

Jeepers-oh!

The fun you miss when you're at work lol