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Dismantling BBS wheels


Digsy
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I just bought the wheels off Soop Dogg's black car (Pulse's old Supra). They are 2-piece jobbies by BBS and have 12 pointed internal torx style bolts around the rim. I want to take these apart and refurbish them.

 

Had a go at taking out one of the bolts today using a very snug fitting allen key type drive and all I managed to do was round out the head of the bolt - brilliant! I'm going to call BBS tomorrow to see if they sell the drive and the replacement screws, but has anyone else on here tried to take a BBS wheel apart? looking at the website it looks like they use this kind of fastener on most of their wheels.

 

I had imagined that even by using only 6 of the 12 points on the drive head I would be able to get the screw out as it is only an M6 size or thereabouts. Maybe there is some thread lock on them. It felt f-tight. :(

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Might be just a spline drive socket ........ available at any decent hardware shop. Maybe even at Harrys?

 

You can usually buy a mixed set of spline and torx bits quite cheaply.

The bolts are steel going into ally .... they tend to get tight due to reaction between different metals

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Well with the spline drive the screws come out sweet as a nut (no pun intended). Surprise surprise eh?

 

Today's lesson was entitled: "Using the right tool for the right job" :stupid:

 

I even, thank *insert your preferred deity here*, managed to get the rounded-out screw out and it looks like it will be usable again.

 

:D

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