I’ve heard you can hammer in a triple square. By the time you finish replacing the hardware with something stainless or titanium…it will be a costly endeavor though.
I see.
The wheel repairer advised none of those above.
He said you need the tool PERIOD. He says they are torqued on, you need a solid proper tool which has been hardened.
He told me it was for a different wheel. They got a tool made, the tool meta material was actually not too strong, the tool stripped before getting out half of the bolts.
I went around this morning to look for a proper grinding machine shop. Couldn’t find one that said they can make the tool property. Said the same thing, must be properly treated (metal) or they said the tool won’t last…
If I ever get these bolts off, I am replacing the bolts w/ a different key pattern.
Does anybody know what the 7mm bolts length is?
I am estimating to replace them i would need 80 of them on a 4 wheel set.
80 X $5 = 400 bucks for titanium bolts.
At this point, even refurbing these OZ Opera 2 isn’t even cost effective.
Does anybody know where I can get tapered titanium bolts that are good quality and
is 12 point?
Maybe I just need to buy new wheels.
What do you want for the ones you have
Are you talking about the OZ Opera 2 wheel set?
Its
19X8.5 +35
19X10 +38 (both patent lip are new)
5 x 114.3
Not sure how much yet, but I will let em go for good price.
Now I will shop for another wheel.
finally!!! Hey guys im new here but I feel the pain of this tool.
Just so you know…OZ Vela II… use this same bastard tool.
So…madwabbit…how much to rent?
Lol, probably your first born and then some. It’s like the unicorn of XZN type sockets apparently.
I’m about to start machining them here for people :lol
Thanks for the link but I doubt that is the right one…it even says triple square. That is 12 point. My rim bolts are 7mm 10 point.
[QUOTE=Boxersix;1055481
I’m about to start machining them here for people :lol[/QUOTE]
Do it…line forms right here, behind me.
I want to split these rims but there no reason to go all Rumplestiltskin about it. :shifty
If i can get the actual profile of the 10 point fastener i can program the cnc to cut this, pending i can get a high RC carbide cutter in the appropriate angle to cut the teeth. I could then grind down a cheaper xzn socket to the appropriate OD on the shadt grinder, then cnc the tooth profile into it and see if it fits/make adjust,ents. If it works, i could then look into making more out of better preexisting tooling for more rugged use.
Not a hard tool to make, just somone has to dedicate time to actually making it IF there isenough demand for it. One or two tools every year at best isnt enough demand for most.
I hear ya. And I understand… I did pm madwabbit since he had offered to rent his
PM replied.