How do you know the hubs were perfect? That wheel looks like it had an issue before it was painted.
You could be right, i would be a little concerned about trying to repair the bolt hole. Having said that a wheel held on securely with 4 bolts will be fine.I would not like much to be done on this.
Until it fails an MOT because a wheel bolt is missing (section 4.2 of the MOT manual)...Having said that a wheel held on securely with 4 bolts will be fine.
You are of course correct, i should have added that the 5th bolt will still need to be in place just that it doesn't have to be perfect. If it was me i would tap the hub, buy a new wheel bolt and a new wheel.Until it fails an MOT because a wheel bolt is missing (section 4.2 of the MOT manual)
It wasn't MB...what sort of monkeys have they got working at Mercedes , if they cannot simply remount an alloy ?
Wrong again Craig.... just about a dozen lines down in the op's first post you will find this1148 words to get to a crossed thread...! This has to be a new record!
It wasnt Mercedes, but the wheel refurbisher!what sort of monkeys have they got working at Mercedes , if they cannot simply remount an alloy ?
Nothing wrong with that at all!!!
Why would you need his permission?? The first thing you should have done is to remove the wheel and investigate i.e take it off and screw a bolt into the hole only using your fingers, see how far it goes in, you can compare by putting bolts into any other hole using the same process!!!!
look at the stud hole in hub at issue for damage grease another stud and try it in the hole keeping it square, agree with umble it doesnt look like crossthreading to me either but a stud is easily misaligned with over zealous use of a windy gun.the paint in the wheel hole could have put the stud out of line.....and remember, always grease your studs!!!(wink)
How do you know the hubs were perfect? That wheel looks like it had an issue before it was painted.
Wrong again Craig.... just about a dozen lines down in the op's first post you will find this
3. They stripped a thread and it won't go in all the way ... my nightmare.
Seems a lot of wordage here over a minor glitch!
The bolt is not bad. The 'thread' marks in the wheel are on one side of the hole only, and occured when the gun monkey carelessly tried to fire the bolt in cross-threaded and scored the soft alloy of the wheel.
If it was me, I'd grind a slight taper on the damaged bolt (a la taper tap), make sure it was square to the hole, and work it in carefully - back and forth - with a ring spanner (no windygun). That will dress the threads in the hub (notice - the bolt only went in cross-threaded a short way initially, so most of the hub threads will be undamaged), then I'd chuck the bolt and use a new one. Job done.
Umble
It sounds like there has been a build-up of paint that has hardened in the wheel bolt bore , tech has tried to fit the bolt and the build-up has meant that the bolt didn`t go in square. These mounting holes should have been cleaned prior to fitting the wheels or masked to prevent any paint getting on the ,already tight , bores.
It is wrong but mistakes do happen especially if it has been an inexperienced fitter doing the work.
Two options :
1 - It gets , legal, messy and drawn out over a lengthy period causing you all-sorts of financial and mental grief.
2 - You remove the car to a trustworthy mechanic who will do do what has been suggested in some of the previous posts and you can put it behind you and move on. If you want then you can try and recoup your outlay via the small claims court but at least your car is back on the road.
You clearly are not comfortable with the place you have used so even if you let them "repair" the damage then you will still doubt their workmanship.
Kenny