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Old 06-10-2009, 01:36 PM
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So Roverland Parts came through after sending me a faulty front hub and sent me what looks to be a new hub and I installed it. Problem is that when I tried to put the bad hub in it stripped one of the 4 bolts that holds the hub to the hub knuckle. Rovers North sent me the wrong bolt and now I have it ordered with my dealer should be in tomorrow.

My Question is that I have it all installed with just the 3 bolts and someone mention it is safe to drive like this. I was going to drive it to the dealer tomorrow to have my 3 amigos cleared (code 1590) because I believe the hub should have fixed the issue. Any one disagree that I am safe to go for a 15 mile drive at highway speeds with only 3 hub bolts?

Thanks for all the help on this it actually was quite straight forward with Panzer Dragon's Disco II website and all the help here. A bonus is that now I can do the brakes and replace the axel seals if I need to
 
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Old 06-10-2009, 02:17 PM
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Don't do it, if it fails, your cost could be very painful.
 
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Old 06-10-2009, 02:24 PM
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take some bolts from your spare
 
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Old 06-10-2009, 02:42 PM
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I'll just wait and get the final bolt tomorrow from the dealer thx.
 
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Old 06-10-2009, 03:05 PM
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There are no spare hub bolts, just 4 per wheel.
 
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Old 06-10-2009, 05:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Disco Mike
There are no spare hub bolts, just 4 per wheel.
Now thats funny.. and I bet he wasnt even trying!
 
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Old 06-10-2009, 05:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Torancis_LR
take some bolts from your spare
I'm talking the hub not the wheel. In the front there are 4 85 mm 15mm flange bolts that hold the hub assembly to the hub knuckle. Hopefully my dealer gets it in tomorrow this has been an annoying experience. Good for me as far a learning how to work on my truck but annoying as far as parts go.
 
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Old 06-11-2009, 09:32 AM
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Dealers never carry the bolts you need. I broke 2 removing my front cover (one was broken before and RTV'ed in) I had to go to a specialty hardware store to get replacements.
 
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If the other 3 bolts are Torqued up correctly, then a "gentle" drive to the dealer to collect the 4th bolt would be no issue at all imo
 
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Old 06-11-2009, 11:55 AM
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hard to be gentle on the Highway........
 


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