Caliper go bye bye from carrier...

[dude8383]

HOLY SHIT!
I've NEVER seen anything like that before!
That is fucking amazing...:shock:

Your lucky you pulled out of it!

I know, I'm quite happy it didn't do more damage!

that's insane.

Yes :)

[Vigrotica]

that's insane.

[JamesE30]

HOLY SHIT!
I've NEVER seen anything like that before!
That is fucking amazing...:shock:

Your lucky you pulled out of it!

[dinanm3atl]

um wow...

better go confirm everything is tight on the e30 :)

[Digitalwave]

He replaced it since it was just a Kosei K1.

[dude8383]

That doesn't look like a rim you could redrill to 4x100 without welding the original holes closed. I wouldn't trust it personally.

A similar thing happened to rwdrift, but one of his carrier bolts sheared off, causing the other one to break as well. Did the same thing to his rim, punched a hole right through it.

Ouch man.

Do you know if he repaired the rim or just got a replacement?

what is the et #

offset is 25

Original FS thread:

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=82933

[Hartge_H27]

what is the et #

[Digitalwave]

That doesn't look like a rim you could redrill to 4x100 without welding the original holes closed. I wouldn't trust it personally.

A similar thing happened to rwdrift, but one of his carrier bolts sheared off, causing the other one to break as well. Did the same thing to his rim, punched a hole right through it.

[dude8383]

Golde30:

How safe do you think re-drilling a rim is?

Damn i am sorry bout this. I had the same thing happen to me. but give me the specs of ur wheels and i will call a friend in germany to see if he can find one.

16x7.5 ACT Rims.

Let me know if you need any more info. I'll try to dig up a name or something!

15inch version:

http://cgi.ebay.de/2-ACT-Allufelgen-Felgen-Opel-7-1-2-mal-15-TOP_W0QQitemZ330110073406QQihZ014QQcategoryZ9888QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Thank you very much!

[Hartge_H27]

Damn i am sorry bout this. I had the same thing happen to me. but give me the specs of ur wheels and i will call a friend in germany to see if he can find one.

[Jscotty]

I don't know how possible this is but I often see situations with 2 piece wheels on monster trucks where they will remove the spider from the wheel, fabricate a new one and weld it in place.

The center section of your wheel isnt exactly a spider but maybe it can be cut out and a new plate can be welded in place. Then you can drill out new holes.

[strad]

I had a carrier bolt come out after my last brake job. I had tightened it properly too. No damage, but the new one went in with threadlocker!

[golde30]

problem is that you allready have 6 holes in the MB rim - 5 for the bolts and one for the cap.



it will look like cheese with another 4 holes. :(

last resort though...can always run the caps so no1 will see the holes.

[AC Nico]

redrill the benz one to 4x100.

problem is that you allready have 6 holes in the MB rim - 5 for the bolts and one for the cap.



it will look like cheese with another 4 holes. :(

[dude8383]

redrill the benz one to 4x100.

That is not a bad idea.

Where can I get em re-drilled, I've never done anything like this before.

Is that possible that some monkey mechanic forgot to tighten the carrier's bolts? At least, it looks very much like that. Are the two 12mm bolts still with the remains of the carrier and attached to the two mounting ears?

Or did you do a brake job lately and forgot to tighten the two bolts to 85ft.lb?

I did the job myself, and I torqued them to spec!

Its possible I may have missed a bolt though...

I don't know...I just want to get it fixed so I can get her back on the road!