Ford Transit Forum

by **Azer van man** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 10:21 pm

just a quick note ,if when buying a mk7 with alloys be careful when fitting the spare (non alloy) ,I had a nail in tyre yesterday so had to put spare on this is when the problem arose , because the spare is steel and thinner than the alloy the bolts become a slight bit longer therefore it breaks the end of the wheel nut when torquing them up the bolt comes through the end, I was not happy spoke to my local stealer today and they have not come across the problem yet so i'm awaiting phone call to see how they suppose to deal with the problem :cry:

by **BigNeil** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 10:34 pm

do you not get 4 bolts to fit in a little box with the van when you buy it, (usually to replace the locking nuts) ?

by **Azer van man** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 10:45 pm

No all i got was the locking nut remover, i said to the local stealer that they should of supplied spacers or something like that cos what i'll have to do now if they replace them is keep the damaged ones so it dont happen again

by **MarkM** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 10:53 pm

Azer van man wrote:No all i got was the locking nut remover, i said to the local stealer that they should of supplied spacers or something like that cos what i'll have to do now if they replace them is keep the damaged ones so it dont happen again

What you need is a set of nuts from a MK5 steel wheel as the stud will go through the nut with no damage, assuming they are the same thread. If not the same thread, then you need that 'type' of nut but with the correct thread.

by **Luke** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 10:56 pm

MarkM wrote:What you need is a set of nuts from a MK6 steel wheel as the stud will go through the nut with no damage, assuming they are the same thread. If not the same thread, then you need that 'type' of nut but with the correct thread.

mk5's are 12mm mk6/7's 14 i believe

by **MarkM** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 11:00 pm

Luke wrote:
MarkM wrote:What you need is a set of nuts from a MK6 steel wheel as the stud will go through the nut with no damage, assuming they are the same thread. If not the same thread, then you need that 'type' of nut but with the correct thread.
mk5's are 12mm mk6/7's 14 i believe

Ok well I did think I had read about the threads being different, it was the 'style' of nut I was getting at as afterall you can get alloy wheel nuts with the collar that allow the stud to go through but are meant for alloys with a covering centre cap.

by **motorwise** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 11:28 pm

MarkM wrote:
Luke wrote:
MarkM wrote:What you need is a set of nuts from a MK6 steel wheel as the stud will go through the nut with no damage, assuming they are the same thread. If not the same thread, then you need that 'type' of nut but with the correct thread.
mk5's are 12mm mk6/7's 14 i believe

Ok well I did think I had read about the threads being different, it was the 'style' of nut I was getting at as afterall you can get alloy wheel nuts with the collar that allow the stud to go through but are meant for alloys with a covering centre cap.

the nuts on the fives are different to the sixes and sevens - larger threads and they don't have taper seats, they're flat because the wheels on these locate on the hub centre like a lorry

just get some standard steel wheel nuts and the studs will go through the hole without causing a problem

by **Azer van man** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 8:47 pm

Well i spoke to Ford today i had to ring them although they were gonna ring me bk but they have said they're gonna try and replace all the wheel nuts on every wheel with a new deeper one, so i got to take van in next week and they want to take 1 of the damaged ones off to have a look so bit of luck will be sorted by say end of August :!:

by **Azer van man** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 9:44 pm

The latest on this saga is Frauds now say that the nuts have been damaged because the tyre fitter removed them with an air gun but i have checked with tyre fitter and he didn't use the air gun. Quite how this can damage the nut i dont know, it was doing them up that was the problem HEEEELLLLLLLLOOOOO FOOOOORRRRDDDDDS give me strength

by **BigNeil** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 9:50 pm

Azer van man wrote:The latest on this saga is Frauds now say that the nuts have been damaged because the tyre fitter removed them with an air gun but i have checked with tyre fitter and he didn't use the air gun. Quite how this can damage the nut i dont know, it was doing them up that was the problem HEEEELLLLLLLLOOOOO FOOOOORRRRDDDDDS give me strength

have you got this in writing from them ?

by **Azer van man** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 10:22 pm

No I spoke to a man from Frauds late on thusday so i'm ringing them tommorrow morning to give them the good news ,Ihave three witnesses my mate victervanman was there and the 2 guys from the tyrre fitting company so look out frauds the proverbial s--t is gonna hit the fan will post a note tommorrow if i'm still alive :!: