BX25 Question about rear rim and slighly egged mounting holes.

[JOE G]

Hi, I just recently picked up a pretty clean BX 25 I believe it is a 2015. The previous owner did put new tires on and I noticed all of the rims were on the wrong way ( Spun around ) I got that corrected but I noticed one of the rear rims has 2 holes that are egged out and the other three appear fine. I remounted everything and torqued them to spec. What are your guys thoughts on this? The rims look new besides this issue.

 

[LittleBill21]

gonna need a photo.

 

[JOE G]

Yeah I figured that, I'll take it off when i get a chance. I think if I just keep an eye on it i'll be okay, This machine isn't doing any big jobs.

 

[dodge man]

Usually egg shaped holes on a rim is from it being loose and hogging out the holes. In this case I’d think just those egg shaped were loose and the others were missing. Just a guess on my part.

 

[JOE G]

Yeah it is odd to me that only two are egged out and they probably are the two that were on studs. I am not overly concerned since there are three good ones and the power and speed of this machine is fairly tame. When I mounted the rims I used the impact to install and followed up with the torque wrench, I could not believe how loose they still were. I have never had them this far off using this method ( I am big on torquing things to spec ). A lot of people would have zapped them on and went about there day but these definitely not tight.

 

[gstrom99]

If the buggered holes are too wallered out for the nut to securely seat on the rim, then the holes need to be welded and the taper re-machined or you need to buy different wheels.

 

[JOE G]

It'll catch the rim just not like the others, I am going to keep and I on it and if others start to egg I'll order new rims. I may take it to local metal fab guy and see what he thinks he could do to fix it.