bruce_hyman

what is the easiest way to get/make a bolt (no shoulders, natch) that i can use when changing wheels, instead of the POS plastic bolt that stripped the first time i used it?

woofpup

using the bolt cover puller in the spare tire tool kit. They don't unbolt - the normal lugs underneath them do.

...or were you referring to something else?

bruce_hyman

the jack kit includes a 4 inch plastic bolt that you thread into the top hole in the brake disc, before removing the other 4 bolts, and the wheel. you leave it in place as something to hang the replacement wheel on, then install the other bolts loosely, remove the plastic one, and then tighten all 5 to spec.

but the plastic bolt strips easily :-{ - or at least it did for this ham-handed person.

ryoung

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woofpup

Ohhh that - I never even bothered; I just recruit friends to hold the wheel. Sorry about that...

Raistlin

my father is a plumber and he has a machine that can do this and he is going to be doing this for me but he just needs the specs.

bruce_hyman

M14 x 1.5, per ryoung's post...