spinning wheel bolts !?

[herr schimdt]

or you could try driving it to the garage with just the 2 dodgy bolt in then if the wheel falls off you wwont need to go to the garage cause the bolts wil be out

[travisreeve]

then hel be visiting a body shop

[danny_p]

in theory it's a big no no but in practice two bolts will hold a wheel on at low speeds.

ive had enough cars rock up at the workshop in the past with wheels been held on with a sub optimal number of bolts.  even a mercwith all the wheel bolts loose,

fit a merc  space saver with the std wheel bolts and the shank threads right through the hub they won't tighten and they won't come out. taht came from an inpressive distance. 

[SoundillusioN]

in theory it's a big no no but in practice two bolts will hold a wheel on at low speeds.

ive had enough cars rock up at the workshop in the past with wheels been held on with a sub optimal number of bolts.  even a mercwith all the wheel bolts loose,

fit a merc  space saver with the std wheel bolts and the shank threads right through the hub they won't tighten and they won't come out. taht came from an inpressive distance. 

This to be honest.

In the process of finishing my car for it's first MOT in years I had to drive mine for 10 mins down the road with a bolt missing from each wheel.  (lost the lockers)

Ideally you would want tight bolts opposite each other in the hub at least and obviously drive slowly and carefully. (although it does take a lot for a wheel to come off).

A stupid friend of mine complained for weeks about his Passat that had an annoying, rattling sound coming from the offside and steering vibration at speed.  Turned out all bolts on one wheel were undone (last dealer visit)

[Steve_PD]

If I didnt have the time or tools to get them out Id happily drive on 2 bolts

[Cory]

driving will be my last resort. gonna have a play around with it myself first.

[Bellend]

Jack the car up, take off the dustcap in the middle of the hub, take off the split pin, undo the 30mm nut which SHOULD be loose, it's normal and should be only nipped up (let the garage do it) the wheel will then come off with the brake drum. This will be an annoying job due to limited space but is more then doable.

Then take it to the garage and they can remove the bolts and inspect the drum. If the threads are gone in a drum, then you might as well just get a new pair of drums if it's the bolts then two new bolts.


Are they aftermarket wheels?

I also would just drive it but can't say I reccomend it (just incase something happens) but you'd be fine. I was driving around daily in a car which work bought and turns out it only had two out of 5 bolts in each front wheel. 

[gm8]

If I didnt have the time or tools to get them out Id happily drive on 2 bolts

i would also , not fast though. The ax gt and early saxos only had 3 bolts iirc

[AudiA8Quattro]

Yes but 3 bolts is alot better than 2 

[SoundillusioN]

If I didnt have the time or tools to get them out Id happily drive on 2 bolts

i would also , not fast though. The ax gt and early saxos only had 3 bolts iirc

Yes but they were spaced accordingly.