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Dean_W
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21st Sep 07 at 10:38   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I've heard these mentioned over the past couple of weeks in threads where the PCD is wrong on wheels.

Anyone got a link, I don't get how they can work and it's doing my head in
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21st Sep 07 at 10:44   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CONVERSION-PCD-WOBBLY-LOCKING-BOLTS-12-X-1-25_W0QQitemZ300152521351QQihZ020QQcategoryZ23025QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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yeah wobble bolts, ill be getting some for the Calibra i think as most of the wheels i like are VW orientated so they are 5x112 and i need 5x110, so ill be using wobble bolts.

Just make sure you use them with a good spigot ring on the centre of the wheel to centre them properly.
Dean_W
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So, are the tapers on an offset then?
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i thought people were just taking the piss lol, i wouldnt trust them but thats just me and at 20quid a wheel i woulnt buy them (i beleieve you need four bendy bolts for four stud so a 4 pack per wheel)
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Not recomended
Dean_W
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Don't need to use any, just wondering how they change the offset.
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They've got a washer on them which means the bolt doesn't have to sit in the middle of the bolt hole, so you can go from 4x98 to 4x100 for example.

I wouldn't use them, I've driven a car with them on and it was awful (it had no spigot rings either though )
Dean_W
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Thought it'd be something like that.

Thanks robin. One of those things thats been pissing me off for ages!!
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Here you go -

http://www.whitea4.com/audi/variablebolt/variablebolt3.JPG

you can see the bolt is sat to one side of the washer.


[Edited on 21-09-2007 by Robin]
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Yup. Thats what I thought they'd be like. Bit of a cam sort of.
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they are absolutely fine if the correct spigots are used to centre the wheel properly, if not it will be similar to driving a car with un balanced wheels, but worse .

they dont work like a cam Dean,
They just have a tapered washer as a normal alloy wheel bolt has with a big hole in so that the bolt can go to one side of the hole of the washer so it threads straight and the washer sits flat against the wheel causing no excess stress or bending of the bolt etc.
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Fuk that! Wouldn't touch these things.
Nic Barnes
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quote:
Originally posted by CORSA NUT
Fuk that! Wouldn't touch these things.


what about with gloves on?
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21st Sep 07 at 17:34   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Mmmmmm maybe.

I wouldn't like them wobbling in my hands Are they like holding worms etc?
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They should be ok though, so long as you have the right spiggot ring on them?
Rob_Lee
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Why dont people just use/get wheels that are designed to fit rather than bodging them to?
Jenko_Sport
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quote:
Originally posted by Rob_Lee
Why dont people just use/get wheels that are designed to fit rather than bodging them to?


Exactly what i was thinking
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because some wheels dont come in the correct fitment exactly, and some wheels are made that poorly that it is safer to use wobbly bolts anyway with the accuracy of the pcd, id rather have a solidly seated taper washer with a wobble bolts, than a stressed and bent standard bolt that is liable to snap.
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Surely using wobblys is better than altering the drilling in the wheels too. A lot of wheels don't come in the right fittement for some vehicles.
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quote:
Originally posted by ed
Surely using wobblys is better than altering the drilling in the wheels too. A lot of wheels don't come in the right fittement for some vehicles.


then use some wheels that do

 
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