Been trying to get it off for hours, Just cant undo it to get the strut out, The other end just keeps on spinning and cant grip it enuff to stop it, Any ideas?
get a spanner on the other side to stop it spinning. just make sure you dont round the head off lol.
The other side is just a round nut anyways looks like it need a giant torque bit in there which havent got
No dont know what its called its the large nut that hold the bottom of the strut in
are you on about the pinch bolt that hold the bottom ball joint on to the strut, if so have taken em off holding em with mole grips depends how tight it is,
Ive finally snapped the bolt got one side off but other side snapped
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Can i use any kind of bolt or would i need one from seat??? As im meant to be driving tomorrow to my holiday and need it doing today and seat couldnt get me on till tuesday??Ive finally snapped the bolt got one side off but other side snapped
I fitted an M14 or M12 high strength bolt + washers + two nuts to my wife's Polo 9N until I bought new bolts. BTW Sealey Tools do an M14 multi spine 1/2" bit - you will find that most if not all DIY spine kits stop at M12 - which is a bummer! I ordered my M14 spine bit from just of base (www.justoffbase.co.uk). Sealey p/n AK5531 ?
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Why do these garages need to do this - it is one way to work out if a car has had its wheels off though! My local Costco use air guns but always undertighten them then jam a steel wedge under each wheel and use a proper quality torque wrench - and that is not what they claim to do, its what I've seen every time I've passed there! Also, I remove and clean the wheel bolts every six months so that they are not too difficult to remove due to being partially siezed with rust and brake dust - so even removing them with an air gun should not cause too much rounding, but some slight rounding will still take place due to the air guns not "soft starting".
Well it was actually the wheel re furbishers that put these wheels on with an sir gun. Then when I had a flat and bent wheel it took my Dad's big weight several attempt to get the wheel nut of during which he slipped and damaged the wheel. (not that it bothered me as at the time I thought the wheel was a goner)
Basically I am amusing wheel should only be removed with an air gun and tightened by hand?
Making me very nervous about when I next need to remove a wheel even though this made me go buy a decent wheel nut wrench with adjustable handle. Now looking for some tool I heard about that makes wheels easier to put on without clipping the calipers.
Basically I am amusing wheel should only be removed with an air gun and tightened by hand?
Making me very nervous about when I next need to remove a wheel even though this made me go buy a decent wheel nut wrench with adjustable handle. Now looking for some tool I heard about that makes wheels easier to put on without clipping the calipers.
I tend to carry a 1/2" breaker bar+very short expension+quality hex socket, these wheel wrenches with the telescopic handles are better than nothing in an emergency, but I don't like the angles head as it kind of "helps" you to round off the bolt heads. The tool you are talking about - is this not just the plastic or aluminium threaded dowel that VW and Audi use to help align the wheel. The best way to use them is to rotate the wheel until the valve is at the bottom, then remove the "top" bolt and replace with the threaded dowel, then fit the wheel the same way as this lets it hang on the threaded dowel, refit all the bolts, remove the threaded dowel and fit the "top" bolt. I can find the p/n of both of these threaded dowels as I bought a plastic one for my wife's Polo and an aluminium one to keep in the garage for servicing etc.
Well, mainly because I'm a grumpy old stickler - and I use a locking wheel bolt, and I tend to fit them opposite the valve on five spoke wheels, plus it makes it easier if you have five spoke wheels to have some referance point so that you dont end just aimlessly bashing the wheels about trying to find the hole that is going to slide over the threaded dowel. By the way, if the Awesome tool is "hand made" are you sure that it fits your bolt size and not the earlier Ibiza, earlier Polo and earlier Golf etc - maybe M12 instead of M14 - or did they change from M14 to M16 (can't remember) - I looked at them years ago but at that time they were only supplying the smaller size. The VAG ones are really cheap, the plastic one adequate, the aluminium one well strong enough and a bit longer.
Wouldn't have a clue wish I knew as much as you do about cars! It says 'fits VW/Audi/Skoda/Seat models only - M14 thread as found on 5 stud cars' I could email them but wouldn't know which I need. I'll ask if it fits a mk4 maybe first and then if it's wrong can send it back I guess, they owe me a free sticker actually after Whiteline cocked up the bits fro my rear ARB twice!. Maybe they will read this....!
Yup, M14 X1.25 is the correct size for these cars - I suppose the clue is in the description "as found on 5 stud cars" - it must be the older "4 stud cars" that have the M12 bolts.
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