V50 General : - V50 2.0D offside driveshaft 06 plate - Page 2

sthodgson · Jul 24th, 2010, 14:55

Turns out the bolt that hold the bearing on the wheel sheered off when the mechanic was undoing it. I'm a fairly proficient mechanic myself and would find it difficult to mess up taking a bolt off? Ok, there are obvious mistakes you can make but these are old-school mechanics. Seems to that the bolt has been overtightened in the past.

What I find hard to believe is that Volvo/Ford use a bolt with a 10mm thread and 13mm head to hold the whole wheel bearing on! That seems ridiculously small and prone to shereing off. Things aren't what they used to be...

Boris · Aug 14th, 2010, 17:55

Hi - I can't quite tell from the thread what happened in the end but regarding a new driveshaft see my thread below..

http://www.volvoforums.org.uk/showthread.php?t=102487

Jul 24th, 2010, 14:55	#11
sthodgson Junior Member Last Online: Mar 26th, 2024 20:23 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sutton	Turns out the bolt that hold the bearing on the wheel sheered off when the mechanic was undoing it. I'm a fairly proficient mechanic myself and would find it difficult to mess up taking a bolt off? Ok, there are obvious mistakes you can make but these are old-school mechanics. Seems to that the bolt has been overtightened in the past. What I find hard to believe is that Volvo/Ford use a bolt with a 10mm thread and 13mm head to hold the whole wheel bearing on! That seems ridiculously small and prone to shereing off. Things aren't what they used to be...

Aug 14th, 2010, 17:55	#12
Boris New Member Last Online: Mar 25th, 2024 16:01 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Salisbury	Hi - I can't quite tell from the thread what happened in the end but regarding a new driveshaft see my thread below.. http://www.volvoforums.org.uk/showthread.php?t=102487

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