ripped_fear Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Evening all, I have recently found myself a set of 17" staggered Works Equips for my supra, and I am looking at the pictures of them and they will require a bit of a refurbishment. Work I'm happy to do, BUT I have noticed that one of the rims is missing one of its small studs/rivets holding the split rim together. I will not want to use them while they are in such state, but I have no experience with split rims. So basically I'm wondering how easy it would be to replace the stud or price depending replacing the whole lot on all 4 wheels. If it is simple enough I would remove all of the stud to make the refurbishment easier, and replace the set with new ones, but I'm not sure if this is realistic. So if anyone has any knowledge they can pass on to myself regarding refurbs on split rims, or even equips them selves, I would appreciate it. (I know ibrar is the man but as i would like to do the work myself I felt a bit bad pm'ing him.) Jake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibrar Jabbar Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 If you can send me a picture of the bolt with dimensions, I will post one out to you FOC. Any questions PM me I will happily help you out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 If you can send me a picture of the bolt with dimensions, I will post one out to you FOC. Any questions PM me I will happily help you out. Great club spirit Get some pics up, Jake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripped_fear Posted March 13, 2012 Author Share Posted March 13, 2012 Hi ibrar here is the wheel in question- As you can see in the picture it is missing the stud above the dust cap. As for dimensions I have no clue other than what rims they are. Thanks for the very kind offer mate, and I wouldn't expect you to send one FOC but depending on price I could be interested in buying enough to replace them all assuming it is simple enough to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampy442 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 They are nuts and bolts, not studs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibrar Jabbar Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 The bolts will be M7 if you can measure the full length of the bolt, I will check for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Replacing them all and with new nuts will not be cheap, been there and done that a couple of years ago. Ibrar if you haven't got any i've got some stashed some where after we did my Equips Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethr Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 I have a set of Equips (at least the caps say Work Equip), and the bolts are 12-point 8mm X 35mm like this: with nuts like these: So it might be worth checking the size. Unfortunately, mine were modified by Bodger-san before they arrived in the UK attached to the manual Soarer, so I'm trying to decide whether it's worth the effort of fixing them. The centre holes have been enlarged by chain-drilling, so they are off-centre and out of round and would have to be bored out to take spigot rings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 I got all my nuts and bolts from Pertsch & Partner, im think mine were M7 X 1 but can't recall the length. http://www.titanium-touch.de/titanium_touch_index_uk.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripped_fear Posted March 14, 2012 Author Share Posted March 14, 2012 They are nuts and bolts, not studs Thats the one The bolts will be M7 if you can measure the full length of the bolt, I will check for you. Unfortunatly I'm not in the position to check, as I have not actually bought them yet. Replacing them all and with new nuts will not be cheap, been there and done that a couple of years ago. Ibrar if you haven't got any i've got some stashed some where after we did my Equips Hey dnk, I thought I remembered seeing a thread a while back about you doing a set of equips. Out of interest can you remember how much approximation it cost you to replace the studs? PM if you prefer. Also thanks for the offer on the studs. Im really in two minds about the wheels now due to the bolts, not sure if its more hassle than its worth, as it looks as though I will need a special tool to remove the nuts due to their heads aswell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noz Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 I also have a set of wheels that could do with these replacing. I was considering using standard nuts and bolts though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 Its only a multi point socket on the bolt and a normal socket on the nut req to undo the nuts and bolts. There are 180 nuts and bolts on my 19's, i think i bought 200 nuts and bolts and it was around £200 !! I dont see why you couldn't re-use yours though if your thinking of refurbing them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripped_fear Posted March 14, 2012 Author Share Posted March 14, 2012 Its only a multi point socket on the bolt and a normal socket on the nut req to undo the nuts and bolts. There are 180 nuts and bolts on my 19's, i think i bought 200 nuts and bolts and it was around £200 !! I dont see why you couldn't re-use yours though if your thinking of refurbing them £200 pound wow thats a little steep. Would they clean up ok with a good polish then you reckon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 Possibly, the nuts would probably be in worse condition than the bolts as they are only zinc coated. Their not cheap but they are top quality and Pertsch & Partner were very good to deal with Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripped_fear Posted March 14, 2012 Author Share Posted March 14, 2012 Possibly, the nuts would probably be in worse condition than the bolts as they are only zinc coated. Their not cheap but they are top quality and Pertsch & Partner were very good to deal with Thanks for the advise. I'm in two minds weather or not go with them or not TBH, but if I do I'm thinking I will just have to try clean the old ones up and buy one new one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 Looking at the pic of the wheel you posted why do you need to take them apart, they look ok to me ! Also one bolt missing isnt the end of the world and the wheel will be fine, you wont be able to buy one bolt from P & P but if i can find my spare bolts and there the same size your welcome to one of them inc a nut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripped_fear Posted March 14, 2012 Author Share Posted March 14, 2012 Looking at the pic of the wheel you posted why do you need to take them apart, they look ok to me ! Also one bolt missing isnt the end of the world and the wheel will be fine, you wont be able to buy one bolt from P & P but if i can find my spare bolts and there the same size your welcome to one of them inc a nut I was only intending to take the bolts out to make re polishing the lip allot easier, I wasn't actually going to split the rim. Although one bolt missing isnt the end of the world, I personally would not want to run them with out all bolts present, but mainly due to looks. Thank you for the very kind offer Dnk. I will try finalise the deal to buy them and maybe drop you a pm if that's ok with you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 Let me know and if i can help no problem, your polisher will probably want the tyre taking off if there doing them by hand so you'd need to do that before taking the bolts out. If you do this dont go mad tightening them up when you put the bolts/nuts back in, approx 20 ft lbs torque with a dab of thread lock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripped_fear Posted March 15, 2012 Author Share Posted March 15, 2012 Let me know and if i can help no problem, your polisher will probably want the tyre taking off if there doing them by hand so you'd need to do that before taking the bolts out. If you do this dont go mad tightening them up when you put the bolts/nuts back in, approx 20 ft lbs torque with a dab of thread lock Ok brilliant thanks for the information, my dad works at a garage so I will take the tyres off anyway, and probably machine polish the outer edge of the lip and do the fiddly bits by hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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