Fitting the H&R's yesterday was a nightmare! hence the car is beached on axle stands in my mates garage for a week now! the NSF hub decided to turn into butter when putting one of the 18mm bolts back in for the caliper carrier (whilst converting to 312's at same time). Also the drive flange bent whilst giving it a slight nudge with a COPPER mallet! so need hub/upright/flange/abs sensor from a scrappy VRS ASAP.........and to top this off, one of the top mount locating bolts was ruined also - it just span in the turret so the angle grinder had to come out!..................overall, a BAD DAY! anyone else had hubs made of butter? 

Yeah, over tightened a bolt when upgrading brakes and messed up the thread.

Replacement Hubs can be tricy to get hold of!

Helicoil for the hub, the torque settings are very off for them imo.

Yeah, over tightened a bolt when upgrading brakes and messed up the thread.

Replacement Hubs can be tricy to get hold of!

 

The bolt was only half way in when it felt mashed, so no it was not over-tightened.

Helicoil for the hub, the torque settings are very off for them imo.

 

Yes have considered that, Awesome Gti said they could send it off to be machined and heli-coiled for me but tough as I work away mid-week. Think i have found a replacement hub near Birmingham so will check the threads before purchase!

Edited 1 March, 201511 yr by Stuart27183

The threads go further than the hub and stick out the other side, over 8 years rust can build up on the outside so when you remove the bolt the threads get dragged out and damaged.

So yeah, worth checking!

Also found a lovely piece of snapped spring at the rear!

 

 

Got one side done, the disc seems to sit REALLY close to the caliper edge?

 

 

Edited 1 March, 201511 yr by Stuart27183

Why are you worried about the disc and caliper gap, what's it going to do, grow?

 

Also hitting the edge of rotating parts is a big no-no if they're made of mild steel and bend easily, I'd drill out and helicoil your hub myself, the thread repair kits are not expensive from ebay

Why are you worried about the disc and caliper gap, what's it going to do, grow?

Indeed it can.

Check your wheel bearing is fitted correctly, they come out of the hub quite often if not fitted correctly with the gen 2 tool. You will know as they come further out it will eventually start rubbing the disc and carrier together.

Other option is the hub has been bent of to much force has been placed on it, again I've seen it happen when bearings have been put in using a big press.

Bearing coming out like this:

Normal - RHS

Coming out - LHS

Indeed it can.

 

I was referring to the radial gap, not the axial gap, please make a basic assumption of competence if you quote rather than simply quoting then supplying totally unrelated but nonetheless useful information, it's common courtesy.