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924 Wheel Bolts

AlexG

AlexG

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I've posted in the wanted forum for some wheel bolts for use with the 4-stud lattice wheels, which are an incredible 70mm long!

I don't anticipate any joy with finding somebody with any spare so wondered whether anyone has been down this road before and could recommend somewhere to buy replacement wheel bolts of such an absurd length? I've tried searching onnline but not managed to find anywhere yet.

The wheels seemed like such a good idea when I bought them [8|]
 
The OPCs had them, I bought some. Yes them Le Mans wheel bolts are long bu**ers, but a set wont break the bank
 
Tried the local OPC, there are some in Germany apparently...at £8.63 +VAT per bolt!

Not too surprisingly I decided not to order them.
 
Funny thing with wheels. You kinda need them. I know approx £9 per bolt comes to approx £144 as there are 16 needed, but a set of alloy nuts is £100. Me I wouldn't muck about. I think someone tried to have one ( or all ) of my Le Mans wheels away but I must have disturbed the ratbag, but he/she left the nuts loose. I was lucky when the wheel fell off without warning, having given me notice of loose bolts only fractions of a second before hand and I ground to a halt on three wheels and a disc backplate, damaging only the backplate and a pair of underpants in the process. Buy new bolts and drink £150 worth less beer. Hell your liver will even thank you. Places like Simon Butterworth and Doulglas valley breakers might even have some second hand sets for reasonable money, but what price peice of mind? When you eventually get your bolts, new or s/h, plenty of coppa-slip or other leading inferior imitations, and tighten the bolts to 90lb/ft
 
There are 2 sets on ebay Buy it Now price £7.50..
the Sellers is Called rsclassicscarparts...
I wrote the telephone number down 01524 717346..
He may have more than one set
 
Thanks for the heads up on the ones on ebay, if they had a full set I would definitiely have them, but I think I will wait and see how the other avenues work out (I haven't looked to see what is avaialble on the other side of the pond yet).

I can't help thinking that I should be able to find some for less than Porsche want for them - I don't mind paying for stuff but c. £160 for a set of wheel bolts seems steep to me [shrug], if I don't find a suitable alternative then this may turn into the one aspect of 924 ownership which isn't cheap compared to the 993!

My brother in law is over on Christmas Day and works at an engineering firm - guess what we will be discussing...

Off to research/google a suitable material specification.
 
ORIGINAL: 924nutter

When you eventually get your bolts, new or s/h, plenty of coppa-slip or other leading inferior imitations, and tighten the bolts to 90lb/ft
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I used to use copperslip, but reckon that it seem to combine with brake dust in such a way as to make it really difficult to get undone again... As a result I have gone back to using conventional high melting point grease (probably doesn't need to be high melting point), and this seems to have the same "anti-seize" properties, yet be smoother after some time... festering! It seems to only apply to wheel bolts, not wheel nuts.

Regards,

Tref.
 
ORIGINAL: geoff ives

Have you tried to get a local engineering firm to make you some?
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At £30 to £50 per hour I think you would have trouble getting them cheaper that way!?

I was lucky, got 5 wheels, road legal tyres, wheel centres, long wheel bolts oh and a tool kit for £110 from a Leceister scrappy. Obviously he wasn't a Porsche specialist [:D]

 
"I was lucky, got 5 wheels, road legal tyres, wheel centres, long wheel bolts oh and a tool kit for £110 from a Leceister scrappy. Obviously he wasn't a Porsche specialist [:D] "

Vince, you are clearly a re-cycler in the same mould as me!

It is a particular pleasure to plunder a 924 and not get charged the earth. My last success netted :- a re-con steering rack (had not had time to even get dirty) complete with two new balljoints plus a perfect column with 'tight' U/J's, a perfect rear hatch ram, a brand-new rear hatch seal, two safety belts, a brand-new clutch cable, windscreen trim strips with clips and side rubbers, bonnet release cable and lever, headlight switch, and two uncorroded square Hella headlight units from a Subaru intended to do a 924GTS headlight conversion.

£55 the lot, sir?


 
I am a bit confused ...... I have a 924 Le Mans, and I bought the Porsche Wheel locks for it about 18 years ago (gulp). I don't remember having to order a special set of longer wheel locks back then so I assumed that all 924 alloy wheel bolts were the same ?

From this thread I have understood that the 4 bolt Le Mans 'wire-pattern' wheels have a longer bolt than standard wheels?

Can anyone summarise ?

Note: The Porsche locking bolts come as a set of 4 bolts with a special head on them that fit the 'round' anti-theft cover
 
Tim - yes the 15" lattice 4-stud alloys as fitted to the early 924 Le Mans use a 70mm thread bolt whereas the standard 14" 4 stud rims use a 25mm thread bolt.
 
ORIGINAL: muddy
Vince, you are clearly a re-cycler in the same mould as me!

It is a particular pleasure to plunder a 924 and not get charged the earth. My last success netted :- a re-con steering rack (had not had time to even get dirty) complete with two new balljoints plus a perfect column with 'tight' U/J's, a perfect rear hatch ram, a brand-new rear hatch seal, two safety belts, a brand-new clutch cable, windscreen trim strips with clips and side rubbers, bonnet release cable and lever, headlight switch, and two uncorroded square Hella headlight units from a Subaru intended to do a 924GTS headlight conversion.

£55 the lot, sir?
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Sounds like I was out plundered!!!

BTW the PET gives the part numbers as follows:-

477.601.139.C screw, M14 x 1.5 x 70 for 477.601.031.H (the 4 hole 6J x 15" wheel)
477.601.041.A lock, 1 set for 4 hole 6J x 15" wheel

Its always worth trying the OPC (or I've found that Reading sometime do a better deal) as their prices these days can be more realistic.

the wheel bolts look to me like a high tensile grade of steel so shouldn't be remanufactured in mild steel . . .

 
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