Spare tyre stud broken

[Guest Clear Vision]

Just to share with all bros here to be careful when placing the spare tyre back in place at the boot. Aftre you place and position the spare tire in place, Dont Tighthen too tight..... The mechanics who put back my spare tyre, tighten it too tigh and broke the plastic stud.....

Its the part when you place the Tools Kit on top of yr spare tire to secure it.

Just be careful.....mine broken but had to live with it..... hopefully it dont vibrate too much.

Maybe i use Super glue to at least secure the base of the plastic stud.

[Guest blackmercs]

Thanks for sharing, a picture or two would be better.

[Guest mmkm]

Clear Vision wrote:

Just to share with all bros here to be careful when placing the spare tyre back in place at the boot. Aftre you place and position the spare tire in place, Dont Tighthen too tight..... The mechanics who put back my spare tyre, tighten it too tigh and broke the plastic stud.....

Its the part when you place the Tools Kit on top of yr spare tire to secure it.

Just be careful.....mine broken but had to live with it..... hopefully it dont vibrate too much.

Maybe i use Super glue to at least secure the base of the plastic stud.

Thks for sharing! When I used the spare tyre last month, I was rather in doubt whether will this little "plastic" stud will break upon tighten? Hence dare not tighten it too tight!

[Guest jhun_4040]

Clear Vision wrote:

Just to share with all bros here to be careful when placing the spare tyre back in place at the boot. Aftre you place and position the spare tire in place, Dont Tighthen too tight..... The mechanics who put back my spare tyre, tighten it too tigh and broke the plastic stud.....

Its the part when you place the Tools Kit on top of yr spare tire to secure it.

Just be careful.....mine broken but had to live with it..... hopefully it dont vibrate too much.

Maybe i use Super glue to at least secure the base of the plastic stud.

Good Tip bro !!! i din really notice it plastic until mentioned !! hhahahaa !!

[Guest chiaster]

thanks for sharing, mate... :thumb:

honestly, the only time i've looked under the boot floor was when my SE first handed the car over a year more than a year ago... :shocked:

Clear Vision wrote:

Just to share with all bros here to be careful when placing the spare tyre back in place at the boot. Aftre you place and position the spare tire in place, Dont Tighthen too tight..... The mechanics who put back my spare tyre, tighten it too tigh and broke the plastic stud.....

Its the part when you place the Tools Kit on top of yr spare tire to secure it.

Just be careful.....mine broken but had to live with it..... hopefully it dont vibrate too much.

Maybe i use Super glue to at least secure the base of the plastic stud.

[Guest rmjunior]

Clear Vision wrote:

Just to share with all bros here to be careful when placing the spare tyre back in place at the boot. Aftre you place and position the spare tire in place, Dont Tighthen too tight..... The mechanics who put back my spare tyre, tighten it too tigh and broke the plastic stud.....

Its the part when you place the Tools Kit on top of yr spare tire to secure it.

Just be careful.....mine broken but had to live with it..... hopefully it dont vibrate too much.

Maybe i use Super glue to at least secure the base of the plastic stud.

Did you ask the mechanics / shop to compensate? Super glue does not help.

I had the same experience very recently. HAve to replaced the plastic screw plus the black plastic plate that holds the spare. Luckily the tyre shop cover the cost of repair.

[Guest KS1129]

Super glue wont help. You have to send back to dealer to replace the whole tray. It takes around 3 days.

[Guest calvintcc]

KS1129 wrote:

Super glue wont help. You have to send back to dealer to replace the whole tray. It takes around 3 days.

cant you just buy a new one?

[Guest Clear Vision]

Upon very closely examine, the Plastic stud is to HOLD the tools kit in place. Its NOT to hole the tire in place. As such I decided to just leave it alone. Put some cloth around the Tool Kit to prevent vibration.....

No, I didnt ask the mechanics nor workshop to compensate as "accident" do happen and they dun make much from changing tires. BTW i change 4 brand new tires n replace my best existing tire with damage tire in the boot. That how the breakage happen.

Am thinking of using those 'plastic putty" that harden when mixed two parts together to "glue" the stud in place. The broken part is at the base not mid way of the stud.

[Guest Yap ST]

jhun_4040 wrote:

Good Tip bro !!! i din really notice it plastic until mentioned !! hhahahaa !!

Bro of cause u dont notice la... Y will u go n see is it plastic or metal unless u need to use it tio mo??

Oops ya hor u used it once when your tyre burst!!!!

heeee

[Guest Yap ST]

Clear Vision wrote:

Upon very closely examine, the Plastic stud is to HOLD the tools kit in place. Its NOT to hole the tire in place. As such I decided to just leave it alone. Put some cloth around the Tool Kit to prevent vibration.....

No, I didnt ask the mechanics nor workshop to compensate as "accident" do happen and they dun make much from changing tires. BTW i change 4 brand new tires n replace my best existing tire with damage tire in the boot. That how the breakage happen.

Am thinking of using those 'plastic putty" that harden when mixed two parts together to "glue" the stud in place. The broken part is at the base not mid way of the stud.

Bro, U r a good man, look forward to meet you. Yes the tyre shop dont make much of $$$ for changing the tyre:whistle::whistle::whistle:

[Guest cwk]

Hi bro..I remove my spare tyre and tool kits..as we are running in Singapore roads..I think we don't need them and I will put it back when driving up NS highway..after all all our tyres are tubeless and it won't go flat in mins..cheers is my 2 cents and sharing..it cut down lots of weight to your car boot..:hand:

[Guest chiaster]

perhaps i should do this to take off some weight from the car and break my FC record??? :shocked:

cwk wrote:

Hi bro..I remove my spare tyre and tool kits..as we are running in Singapore roads..I think we don't need them and I will put it back when driving up NS highway..after all all our tyres are tubeless and it won't go flat in mins..cheers is my 2 cents and sharing..it cut down lots of weight to your car boot..:hand:

[Guest desmondtoo]

chiaster wrote:

perhaps i should do this to take off some weight from the car and break my FC record??? :shocked:

Jia you...waiting to see you break your Super FC record again...:thumb:

For the rest that are reading this, pls follow the link below to Lakopi 9:

http://www.sgmerc.com/forums/showthread.php?p=174531#post174531

[Guest Yap ST]

chiaster wrote:

perhaps i should do this to take off some weight from the car and break my FC record??? :shocked:

Yes it should be about 50++ kg lesser...

Jai You Bro

heeeee:becky::becky::becky:

[Guest chiaster]

desmondtoo wrote:

Jia you...waiting to see you break your Super FC record again...:thumb:

For the rest that are reading this, pls follow the link below to Lakopi 9:

http://www.sgmerc.com/forums/showthread.php?p=174531#post174531

Yap ST wrote:

Yes it should be about 50++ kg lesser...

Jai You Bro

heeeee:becky::becky::becky:

trying hard, guys... :thumb:

[Guest cwk]

GOOD LUCK ! Hope it helps and as I have remove my spare tyre I can feel the difference and so much lighter..think of it BMW has no spare tyre as most are run-flat..some change it to normal tyres they still do not have a spare even they drive up north..

[Guest cwk]

What I have is a portable Airman pump with sealer..:llama: