23-05-15, 01:20 AM
Hmm, thanks for the replies, guys.
I don't need to replace the downpipes, I was just thinking that if it ever came to that, doing something about the rusty bolts now would save a lot more grief later...
A couple of days ago, a friend had a puncture on her car. According to the manual it would be a simple matter of lowering the carrier the spare is stored on (under the boot), undoing the bolts on the old wheel, jacking the car up, putting the new wheel on, 15-20 minutes and sorted.
Two *hours* and a lot of WD40 later, having found the thread on the carrier was virtually rusted sold and then finding that the wheel we were trying to replace couldn't even be removed from the hub, we gave up and she joined the RAC who came out the next day and took it off with an air hammer!
What I might do is cover them in WD40 and let them soak for a few days, then see if I can get them to undo without too much force, then torque them back up again (without the copper slip). If I do that once a year, that should save trouble in the future.
I don't need to replace the downpipes, I was just thinking that if it ever came to that, doing something about the rusty bolts now would save a lot more grief later...
A couple of days ago, a friend had a puncture on her car. According to the manual it would be a simple matter of lowering the carrier the spare is stored on (under the boot), undoing the bolts on the old wheel, jacking the car up, putting the new wheel on, 15-20 minutes and sorted.
Two *hours* and a lot of WD40 later, having found the thread on the carrier was virtually rusted sold and then finding that the wheel we were trying to replace couldn't even be removed from the hub, we gave up and she joined the RAC who came out the next day and took it off with an air hammer!
What I might do is cover them in WD40 and let them soak for a few days, then see if I can get them to undo without too much force, then torque them back up again (without the copper slip). If I do that once a year, that should save trouble in the future.