Had a quick change of a wheel today and noticed two spikes on the disk. I take it these screw out? Reason I ask is I seen 4 wheels with good tyres and a good price I was going to go for but this would prevent me fitting them.


Not my car but you can see the studs

they are there to hold the Disk to hub , they should not stop wheels fitting on ...

jatkinson said:

they are there to hold the Disk to hub , they should not stop wheels fitting on ...

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They would if the wheels were from another car

you can leave them out loads do, the wheel bolts and wheel will hold the disk on

dave said:

you can leave them out loads do, the wheel bolts and wheel will hold the disk on

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I was kind of thinking that as I have had cars in the past with the retaining screw missing. Ill have another look and of they are in that indentation then I will either grind the stud of to leave the nut head or get some screw head bolts.

GPz750 said:

Had a quick change of a wheel today and noticed two spikes on the disk. I take it these screw out? Reason I ask is I seen 4 wheels with good tyres and a good price I was going to go for but this would prevent me fitting them.


Not my car but you can see the studs

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Plain and simple
They are fitted so as to align the wheel to aide easy fitting of the wheel bolt.
some older fiats only had the one stud and a bolt.
so you can just fit a bolts, i would personally fit the bolts, two on each disc, and they are available from fiat for peanuts.
LUIGI

I would do as Luigi suggests, just to keep the discs in place when you take a wheel off. Sometimes those spike bolts are well rusted in and an ordinary ring spanner can slip easily and damage the hex head. Use plenty of penetrating fluid or a blow torch if you find them hard to shift.

molegrips remove them, there really is no need to cut them down or fit a screw, lots of cars these days have no screw.


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i took mine out.... never had them fitted to any of my other fiats before.

Took mine out as I had to change all wheels and couldn't find the same size used why they have to be a different spacing on the hubs is beyond me just have a stander spacing on the hubs would be a lot better

Wow! resurrection thread from five years ago.....