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Originally Posted by Jim_in_Calgary
Sounds like classic misuse of air tools. Somebody being paid minimum wage blasted your wheel bolt into the hub with an impact wrench without first threading it in by hand to ensure it wasn't cross-threaded.
It was cross-threaded and went in at high speed/torque, ruining the hub. Take it to the dealer and get the hub fixed, then make the tire shop pay.
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This actually not the first time I have heard of this on BMW and many other German cars. Unlike most cars the bolts are not attached to the hub. It helps to have a wheel bolt guide, or else it's really hard to hold the wheel up to the hub. And if you use the bolt to suspend the wheel, there's a chance it's not threaded properly. And if you then use an airgun to tighten the wheel, calamity ensues. Airtools should be used to remove wheels, not attach them. It's tires 101.
