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Offline Rhyso

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Re: More help - New problem now!!
« Reply #20 on: 03 September 2009, 16:39 »
Quote from: bobbarley on 03 September 2009, 16:37
Quote from: Rhyso on 03 September 2009, 16:33
Quote from: bobbarley on 03 September 2009, 16:29
Problem fixed.  Don't ask.

You know I'm going to  :tongue:

Loose wheel bolts??

So loose I could fasten them with my fingers!!

 :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :shocked:
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Re: More help - New problem now!!
« Reply #21 on: 03 September 2009, 16:42 »
Yeah exactly.  ALL 5 of them had come completely loose.  Could tighten them with my hand.  I figure the only thing stopping the wheel coming off was the BBS cover.  Seriously I OVERTOOK a car yesterday night in the rain at 70.  I should be dead.

Madness, last time the wheel was off was when Patch and I worked on the car, and I remember fastening all the wheels to within an inch of my life!
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Re: More help - New problem now!!
« Reply #22 on: 03 September 2009, 16:43 »
Quote from: bobbarley on 03 September 2009, 16:42
Yeah exactly.  ALL 5 of them had come completely loose.  Could tighten them with my hand.  I figure the only thing stopping the wheel coming off was the BBS cover.  Seriously I OVERTOOK a car yesterday night in the rain at 70.  I should be dead.

Madness, last time the wheel was off was when Patch and I worked on the car, and I remember fastening all the wheels to within an inch of my life!

weird then and very lucky at the same time!!

I'd take it for a 10 minute drive and then come back and re-check them - bolt threads might be stripped / stripping  :undecided:
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Re: More help - New problem now!!
« Reply #23 on: 03 September 2009, 16:44 »
I took it for a spin after and it seems ok now, worried I might have damaged the wheels or hub though.  Will be taking the car 25 miles to the wedding venue tomorrow, will see how it goes  :undecided:
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Re: More help - New problem now!!
« Reply #24 on: 03 September 2009, 16:54 »
close call dude!!! glad you fixed it thought ;)
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Re: More help - New problem now!!
« Reply #25 on: 03 September 2009, 16:55 »
Quote from: the_stink on 03 September 2009, 16:54
close call dude!!! glad you fixed it thought ;)
Yeah just think, you'd have had to pay full cost for the hotel room in October if I'd snuffed it  :wink:
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Re: More help - New problem now!!
« Reply #26 on: 03 September 2009, 17:48 »
Bloody close call bud  :shocked: :shocked: :shocked:

Glad you got her sorted  :smiley:
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Re: More help - New problem now!!
« Reply #27 on: 03 September 2009, 17:49 »
Second time this has happened now.  First time was about 8 years ago in my first car, Mazda 323.  Weird rumbling noise on the motorway.  Got back to my mates house to find the wheel had almost fallen off.  Again only thing stopping it come away completely had been the cover for the bolts holding the alloy on.
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Re: More help - New problem now!!
« Reply #28 on: 03 September 2009, 17:51 »
Quote from: bobbarley on 03 September 2009, 17:49
Second time this has happened now.  First time was about 8 years ago in my first car, Mazda 323.  Weird rumbling noise on the motorway.  Got back to my mates house to find the wheel had almost fallen off.  Again only thing stopping it come away completely had been the cover for the bolts holding the alloy on.

Remind me to check all you wheel nuts before i get in it next time  :laugh:
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Re: More help - New problem now!!
« Reply #29 on: 03 September 2009, 17:55 »
Quote from: bobbarley on 03 September 2009, 16:42
Yeah exactly.  ALL 5 of them had come completely loose.  Could tighten them with my hand.  I figure the only thing stopping the wheel coming off was the BBS cover.  Seriously I OVERTOOK a car yesterday night in the rain at 70.  I should be dead.

Madness, last time the wheel was off was when Patch and I worked on the car, and I remember fastening all the wheels to within an inch of my life!
Yeah i remember you going round them with that big fecking bar that you have,how they came loose is what worries me :undecided:
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