Why you need a torque wrench

[e30onBBSs]

Hmm I believe you guys but how hard and how expensive is it to find them?

[15Michaeljoseph]

garage sales, estate sales, antique rummage shops, pawn shops.... they're out there haha. I mean its not like they're going to do the job so much any differently than, say, the kobalt wrenches i bought at lowes, but there's definately a difference in build quality and badass-ness. It's all a preference.


--Mike

[AndrewBird]

You can score old wrench sets off eBay for cheap usually. I prefer Proto brand stuff. They are more of an industrial tool company than an automotive one and make some really nice stuff.

[Aleksey]

Just finished reading the first page, might already be wrong but that it's not 'easy' to get out type of bolt and it does not mean that the guy over stressed it.

I sheared bolts like this after shop forgot to tighten then and wheel forcefully removed the head as it almost broke loose. Also it could be an attempt at removal of a wheel lock with stripped head.

If it's latter that metal is going to give you hard time; the best thing I found is BOSCH hammer drill. Tap it them let the beast break the shit out of that bolt.

You might try welding since the wheel is off but you going to have to weld it to handle good amount of PSI. Another option is to dremel it deep in - pattern (cutting the hub in process) and getting it out that way. That thread will still be usable but not 100%.

[e30onBBSs]

I'm going to do the bearings. I pulled one off, and the "race" is still there. Why is it bad? I took off the part that's going to be replaced?

[Axxe]

You have to get that race off. Best way is to cut a thin slice with a small cutoff disc, about halfway through staying away from the stub axle. Then hit it with a good steep chisel and a good whack from a hammer and it should split the race the rest of the way through and then it will slide right off.

[jalopi]

if the bearing was bad you definitely want the old race off. basically both the balls inside the hub and the thing stuck onto your spindle are wear items - if you put a new bearing on the old, stuck on race in lieu of the new race, and the old race was irregularly worn, the new balls in the bearing would fail prematurely and you'd need to do the job all over again

[e30onBBSs]

So I need a new race as well? Thanks for the info!

[e30onBBSs]

Alright I just read the bentley section on it and I am going to rent a puller once I have the parts. Thank you guys for all the help! I'm going to be away for three weeks and hopefully I will be able to drive it for a couple days beforehand!

[jalopi]

new hubs/bearings come with new races, though that'd make for an interesting conversation at the parts store

[e30onBBSs]

new hubs/bearings come with new races, though that'd make for an interesting conversation at the parts store

Yea at first I didn't know the race was a small piece, I was like why do they want me to remove that whole thing? Then I watched a video and it's a small circle and I was like oooooooh!

And it's important to remove because if I put the new one on it would hit the old race and basically be a spacer that maybe wouldn't even allow for the axle nut to be threaded. I would have been like yea shit something is wrong baha

[e30onBBSs]

Got both sides ready for new hubs bearings pads studs!