Ended up with my G sitting on the lift over my bday weekend, with no front wheel hub

And here's why:


*Notice rounded nut on the right

Two of the the spacer nuts were rounded while they were being taken off because the dealer must've overtorqued them with an impact wrench last time they resurfaced my rotors.

The entire assembly was sent to a machine shop, who couldn't take the nut out without damaging the spacer due to the Aluminum nut being unweldable to steel. The bearing also had to be hammered out which of course, damaged it as well, so a new wheel hub/bearing assembly had to bought. And I'm left with no front spacer.

So in brief, if you're sending your car to the dealer, make sure they know what they're doing.

 

Wow man that sucks. Is there any way to deem them responsible for this?? My friend is a manager at a Goodyear and he takes care of all my wheel and tire needs. One of his guys used a impact to put my lugs on once and the next time i went to take the wheel off the stud snapped because the jack *** crossthreaded the lugs onto the stud. Though he is the manager, he wrote it up and put it in the system so now whenever i go in for anything, regardless of him being there, i get anything for free.....tire rotation, alignment, punctured tire....whatever i need. Whenever i get service done now, im in the shop working with the guys to insure that everything goes smoothly haha

 

Ouch that sucks

 

Man I had some dealer issues also and they blamed my Pads !!! I purchased Hawk HPS pads and w my very first brake job they had resurfaced all rotors except one that looked untouched , so I returned to dealer and they pulled the pad out brought to me and said the Pad is causing the rotor to look like this... Idk what to say but two weeks later I'm getting brake noises that is so annoying and don't k ow what I should do ...

Sorry about your issue man dealers sometimes should really know why they doing for what they charge... Luckily I only dropped $100 cash for 4 resurfaced rotors and pad install but seems they didn't do something right...

 

Wow, I would never let anyone use an impact with spacers, sorry dude.

But those nuts are not aluminum, they are steel. Only the spacer is aluminum.

BTW, Happy birthday. Hope it wasnt all bad.




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Are you sure the spacer nuts were Aluminum, the machine shops exact words were: "They're made of Aluminum and welding steel on to them would only melt them"

I havent really inspected them but I will thanks for bringing it up

 

I have a pair of H&R 15mm DRM in the garage.
A magnet tells me the nuts and studs are steel.

Thanks to you , I put 20mms all around!!! ;-)

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I'll have to double check coz now you got me real worried, the machine costed me my wheel bearing AND my front spacer, I will really be pissed if what you're saying is true

 

They are def steel. Sounds to me like the shop didnt want to be bothered with trying to weld something up to it.

 

of course auto mechs are all about doing how fast you can get your job done, while they take all the money for written install time.
and powertools make job faster

 

So, more discoveries were made, this time for the rear spacer nuts. These can be easily rounded, so make sure they're never over-torqued (80lb-ft is the recommended tq spec I believe).

 

Sorry about all the hassle that the idiots at the dealership caused you over your birthday weekend. Next time, I recommend using Project Kics over any other brand spacers. They have special lug adapters in order to prevent any stripped nuts.

 

And this ladies and gentlemen is one of the many reasons to never, ever use wheel spacers.

Sorry for your misfortune Sam.

 

It's funny you say that, I've seen H&R spacers used on many track cars handling all sorts of abuse. You just have to be careful with them

 

Beat me to it but really it's.........

And this ladies and gentlemen is one of the many reasons to never, ever use BOLT-ON wheel spacers.