Meathead Posted April 2, 2012 Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 Hi When I first got my car i took the wheels off to paint the calipers, only thing is i was a bit heavy handed when it came to putting them back on and i broke a bolt on the front. been driving it with only 4 ever since with no trouble and now its due for its mot in a couple of weeks, will it fail due to this? if so what do i need to do to fix it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpsmith79 Posted April 2, 2012 Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 Did you break the nut or the stud? If you broke the nut then just buy a new one, if you broke the stud you are best getting the garage to replace it, MOT fail or not, it's not wise driving around with less wheels nut than Mr Toyota designed it for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoryK Posted April 2, 2012 Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 (edited) I think the toyota original studs are made of cheese, or they had a line of poorly made ones, I manage to break three on mine at about 40 nm. Its abit of a pain to replace the studs but easily done yourself. Edited April 2, 2012 by RoryK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J03 Posted April 2, 2012 Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 Mate I have 10 used ones sat here doing nothing so if you send me your address I'll bob one in the post. I don't know how you guys are shearing these bolts tbh, far too heavy handed! They're easy enough to change yourself, see here ... http://www.celica-club.co.uk/forum/index.php?/topic/128276-spacers-finally-fitted/page__view__findpost__p__1572034 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamGTR Posted April 2, 2012 Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 Mate I have 10 used ones sat here doing nothing so if you send me your address I'll bob one in the post. I don't know how you guys are shearing these bolts tbh, far too heavy handed! They're easy enough to change yourself, see here ... http://www.celica-cl...ost__p__1572034 Be careful Joe doesn't put any paint in the package Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harv_j Posted April 2, 2012 Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 F**k the MOT failure mate, its not safe to drive with 4 for an extended period of time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbailey Posted April 2, 2012 Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 I just failed a car earlier for having one missing on each wheel ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meathead Posted April 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2012 ive been driving like it for the best part of a year already... Im gonna make sure its fixed before mot though. so to remove the old one its a case of: -jack it up -remove wheel -remove caliper and disc -line up the broken bolt with the notch and the back -belt it with a hammer to get it out then how do i get the new one in? will it be a tight fit? will it need some whacking too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoryK Posted April 3, 2012 Report Share Posted April 3, 2012 Gte the new one in just line the notches up and pull it through using an old wheel nut, its what I did anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infernalzen Posted April 11, 2012 Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 id say get 5 new ones asap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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