NEW MEMBER WITH BROKEN WHEEL NUT PROB

[satin gti]

HI POLO GTI CREW NEW MEMBER LOGN IN! HAD MY CAR A YEAR IS A SILVER 2001 Y PLATE 3 DOOR GOT A PROB THO OVER TIGHTEND MY REAR WHEEL NUT AN IT BROKE CLEAN OFF AND IS FLUSH WITH THE HOLE ANY IDEAS???

[morrismen]

you've got little choice but to take it to a dealer and get it drilled out. They have the right locators and drill bits for this job. I had some non-factory VW 'light' wheel bolts that VW put with the GTIs as additional VW spares items some years back. These bent the prongs in the wheel nut so I had to have one removed with some drilling. It's a common problem. Get the new Mark 3 bolts - these are much stronger and won't break.

[satin gti]

cheers I have it booked in to vw for thursday any idea of how much that would cost to sort?

[dubpolo]

VW will rape you!! if your anygood on the tools you can do this job yourself! dead simple! squire off the top of the bolt with a file an find the centre of the bolt. once you've found the centre, centre pop it! this is a guide for the drill, make about a 15/20mm deep hole. use pleanty of coolant (WD40) unless you have easy outs you'll need to buy some, b&Q will have them. screw it in and this will draw the bolt out! DO NOT shock the easy outs! if they snap you are screwed!!

time: 2 hours (unless you know what your doing)
cost: £10/15 for the easy outs

[discod]

nightmare same thing happened to me a couple of months ago.try to make an indent in the top of the bolt with a dremel tool and use a flat head driver to get the bolt out.