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6stings
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I don't think a plastic wedge would help, Simon? I had to apply some serious surgical methods here! Steel wedges from 1 to 8 mm thick 
The gap between the rim and the hub was less than 1 mm to begin with, but after 4 hours, the gap was much larger, on the opposite side. Now I can put 2-3 mm wegde close to the bolt. Thanks to all steel pieces of crap I never removed from the garage, something my wife complained about for years
The wheel
The bolt
The wedge
The other damaged bolt, I was more lucky with
The gap between the rim and the hub was less than 1 mm to begin with, but after 4 hours, the gap was much larger, on the opposite side. Now I can put 2-3 mm wegde close to the bolt. Thanks to all steel pieces of crap I never removed from the garage, something my wife complained about for years
The wheel
The bolt
The wedge
The other damaged bolt, I was more lucky with
Leopard680
A2OC Donor
...came to the realisation that penguins are taking over! They're everywhere!
sco
A2OC Donor
I don't think a plastic wedge would help, Simon? I had to apply some serious surgical methods here! Steel wedges from 1 to 8 mm thick
The gap between the rim and the hub was less than 1 mm to begin with, but after 4 hours, the gap was much larger, on the opposite side. Now I can put 2-3 mm wegde close to the bolt. Thanks to all steel pieces of crap I never removed from the garage, something my wife complained about for years
The wheel
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The bolt
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The wedge
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The other damaged bolt, I was more lucky with
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OK I can see what you mean and you are trying all the right things - that bolt is properly FUBARed isn't it!
Only other idea is to hold a socket with some vice grips to stop the hex turning whilst you drill the bolt head.
Simon.
It looks from your photo your nearly there with how far youv got one side a fair way off now, I did notice your wheel bolts look a good 10mm longer than the standard ones in both my A2's, so id imagine theres a good 10mm of thread that sticks out the other side when there done up and presume this is whats causing you all the trouble, A little more brute force and hopefully youl succeed and remove that pesky bolt .
oneflewover
Member
New thermostat has cured the problem. Also on start up this morning the webasto fired up and with heated seats toasty nice and quickly.
J
jp.oog
Guest
...put the winter wheels and tyres on. Looks odd after running the 17's but it will soon be spring.
bretti_kivi
Member
...realised I'm probably supposed to be in Copenhagen for work when I've organised time on the ramps. ARGH!
Will be Christmas vacations soon enough, just need to see if the DIY garage is open between Christmas and New Year's.
- Bret
Will be Christmas vacations soon enough, just need to see if the DIY garage is open between Christmas and New Year's.
- Bret
6stings
A2OC Donor
sco
A2OC Donor
A luvly pair Jeff !. Its a bit grimmer up north so not a hope in hell of any car washing
Same here in the midlands!
Had a go at removing the radio to access the hazard switch but my slim radio keys are not going to be slim enough so I'm going to try some translucent tape over the front of the switch first.
Simon.
Birchall
Dick Chown Award 2016
My favourite accessory! it just fits in the car so well, it is almost as if they designed it to be standard but then decided to remove them and class them as an optional extra.
Steve B