Wheely in trouble now!

[avinitboys]

Just got my freshly powder coated wheels back and was thinking, is it worth taking them up to get my new rubber stuck on, or shall I wait till the morning. Needn't have worried because as I was tourqing up the disc bolts on the front wheel................snap! That'll teach me to try and save a few quid on new bolts and instead getting one of the lads in work to spend an afternoon polishing bits up for me!
Question is.....any ideas what to do. The break is flush with the wheel, its gonna need drilling, maybe a little heat, which means another trip to the paint shop.
What about just leaving it and living with the fact. It's one bolt, but...........I appreciate it is where it is.
Any thoughts guys?

[Matchlessman]

Can you get it spark eroded?

[viper_biker]

1 bolt is nothing to worry about if you're not too bothered about it.

[dx400r]

Been there.. you can get away with it. But it will worry you until its sorted.

[Neosophist]

Get a nut with the hole thats the same size as the thread, put it over the snapped up stud and take a weld thru the middle of it onto the stud, you should then be able to unscrew the nut and remove the stud.

If dont right it wont mess your wheel up too bad.

[avinitboys]

Thanks for the replies guys. I think I'll just leave it alone for now then and sort it at a later date. But your right, it will bother me till it's sorted. Its a pain that you go to so much trouble to pull things apart and clean, paint and rebuild, then to have something like that happen out of the blue. Wouldn't mind but I wasn't even getting up to the full torque setting. Just goes to show that the best option is just to spend the money and replace anything you think MAY need it. I certainly learnt my lesson!

[fastdruid]

Torque settings are for new bolts...

Have to be quite careful with reusing some bolts, I tend to err on the lowest side of any range but depends where it is / what it is for.

Druid

[Neosophist]

As druid said, the torque settings are for new bolts.

Use lower torque settings and put some thread-lock on there for peace of mind.

And it sure is annoying.. I snapped one of the exhaust studs on the VFR earlier, first one i've ever snapped on any V4, got it out easy another but it was well gutting

[NGneer]

Drill down the centre of the sheared bolt and use a tapered easy ouy on it. About a ten minute job as long as the person doing it knows what they are doing. = No damge to your new paint and also no damage to your thread so a replacement bolt can go straight in.

[Lope]

I'm not familiar with what you're talking about bit it may be possible to do what I did with one of my hub clamp bolts. I just drilled the whole bolt out as well as the shaft, then put a lock nut on the end.
Your situation may/may not allow a nut on the end. Its easier than other methods. If an easy out snaps you're f***ed