Stripped wheel bolts

V40addict · Jan 17th, 2019, 13:42

I purchased a V40 for my parents as an extra car, it's not being used now so I wanted to swap the wheels which have brand new tyres on them and look better. Previous owners were two ladies. They obviously changed the wheels as there is damage to the spot underside the car where the jack goes and they ruined two bolts on one of the wheel, using the wrong tool. I attempted to remove it with a wrench one size bigger which still fit but I made it worse, the bolt is pretty much round now !

The Volvo dealership tells me the bolts probably are the kind with some alloy cap which is easy to break to then have access to a core bolt which can be removed (20 minute job). Worst case scenario they say they will weld a new head on that inside bolt in order to remove it. Is this correct ? The cost of that worst case scenario would be close to 10% of the price paid for the car and if it's too big of a job I might as well leave the wheels on, lifetime of the tyres being lifetime of the car in all likelihood.

Jan 17th, 2019, 13:42	#1
V40addict Junior Member Last Online: Feb 16th, 2024 23:50 Join Date: Apr 2017 Location: Brighton	Stripped wheel bolts I purchased a V40 for my parents as an extra car, it's not being used now so I wanted to swap the wheels which have brand new tyres on them and look better. Previous owners were two ladies. They obviously changed the wheels as there is damage to the spot underside the car where the jack goes and they ruined two bolts on one of the wheel, using the wrong tool. I attempted to remove it with a wrench one size bigger which still fit but I made it worse, the bolt is pretty much round now ! The Volvo dealership tells me the bolts probably are the kind with some alloy cap which is easy to break to then have access to a core bolt which can be removed (20 minute job). Worst case scenario they say they will weld a new head on that inside bolt in order to remove it. Is this correct ? The cost of that worst case scenario would be close to 10% of the price paid for the car and if it's too big of a job I might as well leave the wheels on, lifetime of the tyres being lifetime of the car in all likelihood. Last edited by V40addict; Jan 17th, 2019 at 13:51.

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