Having a hard time mounting your aftermarket rims?
10-23-2008, 11:40 PM
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Having a hard time mounting your aftermarket rims?
I know it's in the top 100 common questions, but I figured I'll post it in case someone doesn't see it or is looking for pics.
Story: Bought some Vok SF Winnings (
). Brought them home, cleaned-em up, waxed & polished them, ready to mount. Ordered my lug nuts, and once they arrived on Wednesday I was ready to start.
Took off the front right wheel, and couldnt mount for the life of me. I thought the wheel studs may have been warped and maybe slightly bent over time from heat and use. Tried the left wheel, no luck. Measured bolt pattern, tried to force it a bit, no luck again. Realized i had scratched a bit of the wheel where there is an opening (see pic below). Measured the hub to the bolt (8mm), then measured the inner hub of the wheel to the opening (9.5mm).
Did some research and found out those bolts have no mechanical value.The bolt is there so people cannot mount the rear wheel onto the front, and vice versa. Remove the bolt and mount your wheels...
Anyways, best of luck. I hope this helps someone out in the future.
Story: Bought some Vok SF Winnings (
). Brought them home, cleaned-em up, waxed & polished them, ready to mount. Ordered my lug nuts, and once they arrived on Wednesday I was ready to start. Took off the front right wheel, and couldnt mount for the life of me. I thought the wheel studs may have been warped and maybe slightly bent over time from heat and use. Tried the left wheel, no luck. Measured bolt pattern, tried to force it a bit, no luck again. Realized i had scratched a bit of the wheel where there is an opening (see pic below). Measured the hub to the bolt (8mm), then measured the inner hub of the wheel to the opening (9.5mm).
Did some research and found out those bolts have no mechanical value.The bolt is there so people cannot mount the rear wheel onto the front, and vice versa. Remove the bolt and mount your wheels...
Anyways, best of luck. I hope this helps someone out in the future.
Last edited by SS21CA; 10-25-2008 at 12:05 AM. Reason: typos
10-23-2008, 11:56 PM
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That bolt is a dynamic hub balancing bolt. They come in 10 different weights. If you remvoe these bolts then your hub will be dynamicaly unbalanced causing a strong harmonic distortion which could cause failure of the wheel bearing and carrier. I really hope you didn't remove it... did you?
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10-24-2008, 02:04 AM
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That bolt is a dynamic hub balancing bolt. They come in 10 different weights. If you remvoe these bolts then your hub will be dynamicaly unbalanced causing a strong harmonic distortion which could cause failure of the wheel bearing and carrier. I really hope you didn't remove it... did you?
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.... I believed you! hahahaha
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That bolt is a dynamic hub balancing bolt. They come in 10 different weights. If you remvoe these bolts then your hub will be dynamicaly unbalanced causing a strong harmonic distortion which could cause failure of the wheel bearing and carrier. I really hope you didn't remove it... did you?
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10-24-2008, 03:39 PM
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That bolt is a dynamic hub balancing bolt. They come in 10 different weights. If you remvoe these bolts then your hub will be dynamicaly unbalanced causing a strong harmonic distortion which could cause failure of the wheel bearing and carrier. I really hope you didn't remove it... did you?
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Its actually the bolt needed to remove a stuck rotor. Then the spacer on it is just the storage device for the bolt.
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When I went to put my front wheels on the first time I couldnt get it on and was like wtf. Then looked and seen the extra bolt and took it off. Now im no genius but I figured it out lol I dont see why someone else couldnt and would need a thread to figure it out.