Sheared Studs On C200

Feb 15, 2004 1 Replies

I have a 1997 C200 Estate. Despite taking great care, I have just managed to shear a second stud on the front wheel. Does anyone know if these have a history of problems, please?



No, only tends to happen when some monkey has greatly over tightened the bolts.

Get the wheel off, remove the brake disc, spray lots of lube on the broken bolts then wait a while, get some mole grips, cross your fingers and try and undo them. You will probably need a friend with a lever bar to hold the hub still while you try and work the snapped bolts out. Otherwise its new hub time...

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