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  1. 26th August 2009, 10:09 PM #1
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    broke it .....again !!

    hi guys,
    had a fab day on the 130 today i was painting the wolf wheels in a contrast opposite to white.
    got the fronts done, and i corrected the steering damper all good.

    Then it happened, i had to tighten the flange bolts o/s/r as they were lose and it looked like i had not put loctite on them (which is very unlike me...i loctite the world) anyway i took the centre nut off and put the circlip on that was missing when i last went in there (on the half shaft) did it back up all good, then i cleaned and applied loctite to the flange bolts, i sheared not just one but two of the buggers .....yay for me ....don't even ask, so i am in hub purchasing territory now grrrr!
    am using the landy in the a.m. for work should be ok shouldn't it ?
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  2. 27th August 2009, 07:42 AM #2
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    Dont replace the hub, remove the broken bolts, tidy the thread and replace with newies... they do that?
    I find 8.8 s seem to be less inclined to break even though they are lower shear strength than 10.9 s.

    S
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  3. 27th August 2009, 08:38 AM #3
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    Unless you know what you're doing, get a thread repair guy out to remove the broken bits. It won't exactly be cheap but cheaper than a new hub.

    We've had quite a few break on current Defenders lately when removing the bolts .
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  4. 27th August 2009, 08:45 AM #4
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    i have been running only four bolts in one of my front hubs for years without any problems....umm just thinking not sure if i would be prepared to on the rear, not sure why though
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  5. 27th August 2009, 08:08 PM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by roverrescue View Post
    Dont replace the hub, remove the broken bolts, tidy the thread and replace with newies... they do that?
    I find 8.8 s seem to be less inclined to break even though they are lower shear strength than 10.9 s.

    S
    thought about an easy out, but they didn't shear straight thought it would be too hard, might keep it as a back up if i can get it blind tapped and re-threaded but surely it would change the diameter ??
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  6. 27th August 2009, 08:32 PM #6
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    Every time I try an Easy Out, it breaks and the things are seriously HARD to drill.
    If if you end up drilling it slightly oversize, a helicoil insert is the go- they are stronger than the original threads!

    Try a cobalt drill bit - they drill high tensile bolts a lot better than HSS bits.
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