I'm not really a lover of doing work on a car as things always seem to go wrong but to save a few pounds I decided to fit new brake pads to my wife's Fiat Punto rather than pay the labour. I have fitted brake pads on other cars I have owned and the Fiat was really just the same.
All was OK until I started on the 2nd wheel, I was undoing the bolts on the wheel when one of them was pretty tight, I applied pressure and managed to get it turn about 180 degree's and then it would not budge, I then applied much more pressure and the damn thing broke off leaving the rest of the bolt in the hub :bang:
Of course I continued and changed the brake pads on that side fine but now I'm left with a wheel which is only being held on with 3 bolts therefore I have some questions to any of you who would be most helpful.
1. Is driving with only 3 bolts dangerous ?
2. Could I drill the rest of the bolt out and if yes is this difficult ?
3. Would changing the hub instead be an easy task ?
4. Is there a special extraction tool that could remove a broken bolt in such cases, maybe a screw that could screw into the remaining bolt part and allow for the broken bolt to be unscrewed ?
5. Has this happened to anyone else who could give advice ?
I would really appreciate any help guys as I feel very guilty with what happened to the wife's car.
Thanks
KCF
All was OK until I started on the 2nd wheel, I was undoing the bolts on the wheel when one of them was pretty tight, I applied pressure and managed to get it turn about 180 degree's and then it would not budge, I then applied much more pressure and the damn thing broke off leaving the rest of the bolt in the hub :bang:
Of course I continued and changed the brake pads on that side fine but now I'm left with a wheel which is only being held on with 3 bolts therefore I have some questions to any of you who would be most helpful.
1. Is driving with only 3 bolts dangerous ?
2. Could I drill the rest of the bolt out and if yes is this difficult ?
3. Would changing the hub instead be an easy task ?
4. Is there a special extraction tool that could remove a broken bolt in such cases, maybe a screw that could screw into the remaining bolt part and allow for the broken bolt to be unscrewed ?
5. Has this happened to anyone else who could give advice ?
I would really appreciate any help guys as I feel very guilty with what happened to the wife's car.
Thanks
KCF