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It just occurred to me what may have happened here, you had a tire losing air, the shop thought the rim was split so tightened the spider bolts like lug nuts hoping to stop the leak until they stripped. The entire time, the loss of air was caused by the inflation bolt o-ring, which they had no idea existed. Just a guess. Since the spider bolts are low torque, they stripped em but quick. They owe you at least for the machine shop work to repair the drum.
Just for grins....which BBS Wheel do you have on your Black 2003 Jaguar XKR Convertible? Montreal or Detroit.....I noticed somewhere the other day that the Detroit's were going for around $750.00.....That's a good price if yours can't be repaired..... Remember, just in case...the Front's are 9" wide and the Rear's are 10" wide....Therefore, the Tires for these Wheel's are of different sizes also....Be darn sure, if you have to buy a Wheel, that they are the right width..................
Hardy, Try the Go Advanced button at the bottom of the relevant Post and then the Manage Attachments button at the button left. This will open the Upload Files dialogue box. Add the required photos and then click on the Upload button at the top right.....
Thats the bad one alright. Some of those bolts that hold it together were shearing off and some were backing out. The tire then loses air and theres a danger of the darn thing coming apart on the open road.
What i I have done about it is talk to you
nice folks on here and beg for help. Im going to call some of those leads you gave me and see if I can get a new/or used wheel also go down to Nashville and talki to some alloy wheel specialists down there. Im still getting around in the car with a donut spare, but obviously thats a stop gap.
Happy Thanksgiving
hardy
Billy C I misread your note.
To mske this work, I hit reply, selected manage attachments button, selected my photo from the device (iPhone), then uploaded it byselecting upload and am now tying this here. Now gonna send it by selecting submit reply
Hardy, I've done this a 100 times but for the last week, I haven't been able to get it to work!!!! I'll try you directions now...Hopefully you will see my left Front Wheel...(Well! It worked this time......Thanks for the directions!)
By looking at your Wheel, it appears that the Wheel part must be bent or something like that....It just doesn't look smooth as this one below. That's really smart isn't it? I don't have any idea what cold have happened....maybe that's why the Guy before you sold it! After you get it repaired, you need to get a set of Jaguar Locking Nuts----You only need (4)!
Billy Clyde
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You dont have any extra of those lying around do you😉?
Your wheel indeed looks much smoother, and altho Ive had this car 9 years, what you say could be true, some of those sheared bolts looked like theyd been that way for a while - so said the tire guy.
Gonna try Nashville next week, wish me luck and thanks for YOUR assistance.
In looking at the picture, the bolts don't look like the original bolts but its hard to tell. Keep in mind that only the hollow inflation bolt has anything to do with holding air in the tire. It is drilled through the wheel drum so the air will move in and out of the tire. All the others should not penetrate the wheel drum.
Might be a good time to reach out to one of the more reputable pro's out there. Will likely involve shipping, estimates, etc, but likely to have a proper permanent solution (for a price).
I have used Ye Old Wheel Shop near Baltimore a number of years ago. Ye Old Wheel Shop
I have also come across Wheel Collision Center. They claim inventory as well as a range of repair services. BRILLIANT MONTREAL
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