James Posted October 26, 2004 Share Posted October 26, 2004 Check your wheel nuts people!I checked mine today - and they were totally loose!Oddly the rear right wasnt so loose when I removed it last week... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Posted October 26, 2004 Share Posted October 26, 2004 Good advice James. I had a wheel come of my V8 FHC on the M6 (at about 80mph). Was a very lucky boy as it remained in the flared arch while I came to a stop on the hard-shoulder. No harm done, apart from a soiled bucket seat. I took a bolt off each of the other wheels, re-attatched it and was on my way. Tend to check them more frequently now though ;)Malcolm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted October 26, 2004 Author Share Posted October 26, 2004 They were scarily loose - I don't think I had ever done so many miles without removing the wheels for some reason or another! Moral of the story; 2000 miles makes your nuts loose - at least it did mine!Next time I think I'll bring my battery pack and my electric impact wrench - check them all over in a minute flat... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Bancroft Posted October 29, 2004 Share Posted October 29, 2004 You do not need electricity, you need leverage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted October 29, 2004 Author Share Posted October 29, 2004 Bit with my impact wrench I can pretend Im changing the wheels on an F1 car... ::) ;D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Blank Posted November 3, 2004 Share Posted November 3, 2004 a torque wrench is even better chaps. on a 6 day run recently i torqued the wheel nuts every night. given i have a couple of thin alloy spacers on the front hubs, which may still be settling in, i did find a small amount of movement most times. well worth doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greeks Posted November 3, 2004 Share Posted November 3, 2004 But where's the fun in driving cars with wheels that stay on all the time? That's boringly predictable handling! :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Bancroft Posted November 3, 2004 Share Posted November 3, 2004 Ask 'The Stud' AKA Steve Waddingham, he'll tell you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted User Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 Although... having the wheel fall off your car on the way to your wedding can be a trifle stressful... note wedding dress in the back...Rear stub axle died at 50mph!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted User Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 Anyway that was part of my de-preparing after RBRR.... get back to Oz, do a Club Sprint at Wanneroo... Jimmy Elliott had a great time playing with the white beast and then off for the wedding on 15-16th Oct...It all ended nicely..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greeks Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 Well, Andy I must say you scrubbed up well by the end and don't appear to have gotten any grime on your dress! ;D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted User Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 Yeah it's amazing how a case or two of red wine cleans the skin.... :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Blank Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 yeah, ok, quite right, it's boring when the wheels stay on. kind of comforting tho, in a strange sort of way, don't you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted User Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 You should try explaining to the wife how rear wheels falling off 2000's /2.5's is a very rare occurence when it's happened to 2 out of 5 of your cars in the last 6 months :o :o :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greeks Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 hmmm, think I might check mine before heading off this afternoon ... to a wedding! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted User Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 Not really sure how you check them apart from taking the hub to bits and crack testing... I know it's a rare occurence but it did scare the s**t out of me especially after all that thrashing around the highlands in Nige's 2000.... he is actually thinking of converting to a different hub... if the LH side goes it makes an awful mess of the exhaust....My car stopped just short of shaving off the nuts for the rear shock.... brake cylinder and back plate were buggered... :-/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted User Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 :-/ :-/ :-/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Bancroft Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 Reeksy,This can also happen to the Vitesse/GT6 rear hubs, my mate Jon had a rear offside wheel and hub come off on the A30 near Sparkford at 50mph, backwards up a bank, smashing the rear end up. Nice car that had been used for sprinting and hillclimbing up until that fateful moment, sold car to the (in)famous Tony Lindsay-Dean. JBP 79H maroon conv. where are you now?So also think about your GT6 and AJP's mk.3 as well.Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 Nasty brown trouser moment there Andy - where did the wheel end up??!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY J Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 My neigbour brought a very nice fully restored stag £8500 . 2nd trip out off side front wheel sheared off . Axel had compleatly sheared not to mention the garden wall he hit . Yet this was a new part he wasnt very happy . RAY J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted User Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 Wheel and drum ended up bouncing down the road into a small river but luckily didn't hit anyone coming the other way....Del, now my wife!, managed to retrieve it whilst I phoned for some spares.... My mate was following about 2 hours behind and brought the required bits... we were back on our way in about 3.5 hours... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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