Initially, I was able to get one lug nut off normally, leaving 3 (2.5). I put that one back on, had mostly drilled out the sheared off one, so I had 3.5 basically. Remember my pad material was worn away. I was braking with the steel backing against the disc. Fortunately it wasn't doing it for long and the disc was salvagable. I had the guy turn it down smooth and it's good as new. The welder didn't want to run the risk of introducing air or contaminants into the brake system so he didn't want to pull the wheel off with the disc and caliper. He just drilled through the front the long way. It's one thing to say "drill a pilot hole and increase the bit size" on line, also "slow speed and high pressure" but it's another thing to watch the technique. Now that I've seen how it's done I have a better understanding of how to do it myself. I'm sure I'll have a simliar problem on other hardware in the future. He drilled a -very- small pilot hole, -very- slowly. I tried to start out too large, and jump up too many sizes and I had my drill turning way to fast. --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Walter Coe" <Whalt@xxxx> wrote: > > Oh BTW, I limped my car over to my welder guy to get the studs > drilled out so I could get the wheel off. > > Rich, care to define "limp"? You mean that you drove your car with 2.5 lug > nuts holding the wheel on? > > And I was curious to see if you could remove the wheel with the hub > attached. I'm not sure if you could have gotten the brake caliper far > enough out of the way. > > Walt Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT <http://rd.yahoo.com/M=194081.4074964.5287182.1261774/D=egroupweb/S=170512 6215:HM/A=1706996/R=0/SIG=11p5b9ris/*http://www.ediets.com/start.cfm?code= 30509&media=atkins> click here <http://us.adserver.yahoo.com/l?M=194081.4074964.5287182.1261774/D=egroupm ail/S=:HM/A=1706996/rand=801045750> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> .
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