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Car Forum / Ford / Ford Cars / November 2004Stripped wheel bolt on 97 Taurus
One of the lugs on the rear left wheel of my 97 Taurus is stripped all to sh.t. The car is 4 wheel disc brakes (gl series). Is it hard to change the lug, or a pretty simple job? Any hints for what to look out for? 97 GL? Rear disk? Hmmmm. Anyway, no big deal. Remove the caliper, caliper mount, rotor. Then you can get to the stud. Beat it out with a hammer, pull the new one in with a lubed lug nut. > One of the lugs on the rear left wheel of my 97 Taurus is stripped all to > sh.t. The car is 4 wheel disc brakes (gl series). Is it hard to change the > lug, or a pretty simple job? Any hints for what to look out for? Perfect, that's what I figured, just wanted to make sure there wasn't any tricks to look out for.. Thanks! > 97 GL? Rear disk? Hmmmm. Anyway, no big deal. Remove the caliper, caliper > mount, rotor. Then you can get to the stud. Beat it out with a hammer, [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >> sh.t. The car is 4 wheel disc brakes (gl series). Is it hard to change >> the lug, or a pretty simple job? Any hints for what to look out for? > 97 GL? Rear disk? Hmmmm. I've never owned a '97 GL without 4 wheel disc brakes. Do you have one? Rob >> 97 GL? Rear disk? Hmmmm. > > I've never owned a '97 GL without 4 wheel disc brakes. Do you have one? > > Rob yes, GL with the plain 12 valve 3.0L. Maybe its an option with the other engine...? And if it does have the other engine, is it still a GL? I dont know..... >>>97 GL? Rear disk? Hmmmm. >> [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > engine...? And if it does have the other engine, is it still a GL? I dont > know..... Then I'll bet you do not have a wagon. The wagons have 4 wheel discs. Rob >>>>97 GL? Rear disk? Hmmmm. >>> [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Rob Mine is a Vulcan 3.0, sedan, GL series, and 4 wheel disc brakes. >>>>>97 GL? Rear disk? Hmmmm. >>>> [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Mine is a Vulcan 3.0, sedan, GL series, and 4 wheel disc brakes. Same here - Vulcan 3.0 GL, and 4 wheel disc brakes - except it's a wagon. At some point later, I think on the Gen4 in 2000 model year, the 4 wheel discs became standard on, & only available on, all wagons. Rob >>>>97 GL? Rear disk? Hmmmm. >>> [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Then I'll bet you do not have a wagon. The wagons have 4 wheel discs. nope, not a wagon..... Use a hammer. This is a common issue with Ford stuff. Buy some extra lug bolts and keep some spares in the glove box. : One of the lugs on the rear left wheel of my 97 Taurus is stripped all to : sh.t. The car is 4 wheel disc brakes (gl series). Is it hard to change the : lug, or a pretty simple job? Any hints for what to look out for?  SignatureTom Line tlineN0_SPAM@iglou.com > Use a hammer. This is a common issue with Ford stuff. Buy some extra lug > bolts and keep some spares in the glove box. Really! Is that recent or is the issue actually with bag-head minimum wage tire jockeys. I have never ever had a Ford lug break or strip. >> Use a hammer. This is a common issue with Ford stuff. Buy some extra lug >> bolts and keep some spares in the glove box. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > I have never ever had a Ford lug break or strip. Actually, it was due to a ham-fisted mechanic that mine is stripped. Went to get some new tires at Costco, couple of weeks later I pulled off the hubcaps to check the torque on the nuts, and noticed one had been put on cross threaded (I'm guessing with a air-gun). The thread is totally f.cked. In news:alt.autos.ford, "Teknical" <teknical@gmail.com> posted on Thu, 7 Oct 2004 21:17:00 -0400: > Actually, it was due to a ham-fisted mechanic that mine is stripped. Went to > get some new tires at Costco, couple of weeks later I pulled off the hubcaps > to check the torque on the nuts, and noticed one had been put on cross > threaded (I'm guessing with a air-gun). The thread is totally f.cked. I was pleased to find out that the Wal-Mart I frequent for tires actually torques the lugnuts. I saw him do it. <anecdote> My dad once went to a Pep Boys garage to have some work done and some bolts needed to be torqued to complete the job. He was a mechanic, had owned and worked on his own car since he was 8 years old, and owned his own garage for several years, so he knows what's going on in these places. He hasn't been able to do some kinds of work because of his arthritis in recent years, so he hasn't kept up with the computerization of cars, but he knows the basics and can give better and better advice the older the car is. Anyway, he saw a mechanic take after these bolts without a torque wrench. My dad said, "Hey! Those need to be torqued!" The mechanic said, "Well, we don't have a torque wrench." My dad had one in the back of the car, so he set the torque and handed it to the mechanic. The guy starts twisting away. The wrench ticks and the guy just keeps on turning it. My dad says, "Hey! Didn't you hear it pop?" "Yeah." "Well, that means it's torqued!" </anecdote> Sometimes you just never know who's working on your car. I wonder if maybe we should be able to decide which mechanic will actually work on our cars -- pick the ones who have done good work in the past. Even a garage with a bunch of good mechanics might hire a dumb-a.s one day, and it might be the day that you're in there to have some work done. :-) Damaeus >In news:alt.autos.ford, "Teknical" <teknical@gmail.com> posted on Thu, 7 >Oct 2004 21:17:00 -0400: [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > > ASE certified patch on the shirt no doubt.......... |
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