What started off as a Rotor & Pad install..
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What started off as a Rotor & Pad install..
Ended up with my G sitting on the lift over my bday weekend, with no front wheel hub
And here's why:
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*Notice rounded nut on the right
Two of the the spacer nuts were rounded while they were being taken off because the dealer must've overtorqued them with an impact wrench last time they resurfaced my rotors.
The entire assembly was sent to a machine shop, who couldn't take the nut out without damaging the spacer due to the Aluminum nut being unweldable to steel. The bearing also had to be hammered out which of course, damaged it as well, so a new wheel hub/bearing assembly had to bought. And I'm left with no front spacer.
So in brief, if you're sending your car to the dealer, make sure they know what they're doing.
And here's why:
![](https://img220.imageshack.us/img220/9199/img00497201011251148.jpg)
*Notice rounded nut on the right
Two of the the spacer nuts were rounded while they were being taken off because the dealer must've overtorqued them with an impact wrench last time they resurfaced my rotors.
The entire assembly was sent to a machine shop, who couldn't take the nut out without damaging the spacer due to the Aluminum nut being unweldable to steel. The bearing also had to be hammered out which of course, damaged it as well, so a new wheel hub/bearing assembly had to bought. And I'm left with no front spacer.
So in brief, if you're sending your car to the dealer, make sure they know what they're doing.
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Wow man that sucks. Is there any way to deem them responsible for this?? My friend is a manager at a Goodyear and he takes care of all my wheel and tire needs. One of his guys used a impact to put my lugs on once and the next time i went to take the wheel off the stud snapped because the jack *** crossthreaded the lugs onto the stud. Though he is the manager, he wrote it up and put it in the system so now whenever i go in for anything, regardless of him being there, i get anything for free.....tire rotation, alignment, punctured tire....whatever i need. Whenever i get service done now, im in the shop working with the guys to insure that everything goes smoothly haha
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Man I had some dealer issues also and they blamed my Pads !!! I purchased Hawk HPS pads and w my very first brake job they had resurfaced all rotors except one that looked untouched , so I returned to dealer and they pulled the pad out brought to me and said the Pad is causing the rotor to look like this... Idk what to say but two weeks later I'm getting brake noises that is so annoying and don't k ow what I should do ...
Sorry about your issue man dealers sometimes should really know why they doing for what they charge... Luckily I only dropped $100 cash for 4 resurfaced rotors and pad install but seems they didn't do something right...
Sorry about your issue man dealers sometimes should really know why they doing for what they charge... Luckily I only dropped $100 cash for 4 resurfaced rotors and pad install but seems they didn't do something right...
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The entire assembly was sent to a machine shop, who couldn't take the nut out without damaging the spacer due to the Aluminum nut being unweldable to steel. The bearing also had to be hammered out which of course, damaged it as well, so a new wheel hub/bearing assembly had to bought. And I'm left with no front spacer.
But those nuts are not aluminum, they are steel. Only the spacer is aluminum.
BTW, Happy birthday. Hope it wasnt all bad.
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Are you sure the spacer nuts were Aluminum, the machine shops exact words were: "They're made of Aluminum and welding steel on to them would only melt them"
I havent really inspected them but I will thanks for bringing it up
I havent really inspected them but I will thanks for bringing it up
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Thanks to you , I put 20mms all around!!! ;-).
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So, more discoveries were made, this time for the rear spacer nuts. These can be easily rounded, so make sure they're never over-torqued (80lb-ft is the recommended tq spec I believe).
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Sorry about all the hassle that the idiots at the dealership caused you over your birthday weekend. Next time, I recommend using Project Kics over any other brand spacers. They have special lug adapters in order to prevent any stripped nuts.
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It's funny you say that, I've seen H&R spacers used on many track cars handling all sorts of abuse. You just have to be careful with them