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Offline bobbarley

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Re: More help - New problem now!!
« Reply #30 on: 03 September 2009, 17:56 »
I'll have to keep an eye on them.  If they come lose again I'll be getting a new hub I guess, and bolts.

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Re: More help - New problem now!!
« Reply #31 on: 03 September 2009, 17:58 »
I'll have to keep an eye on them.  If they come lose again I'll be getting a new hub I guess, and bolts.

Or did some little chav try and undo them to steel them....  :undecided:

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Re: More help - New problem now!!
« Reply #32 on: 03 September 2009, 17:59 »
Sounds like you might of over tightened them and stripped the threads... Close call but glad your ok Bob  :wink:
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Re: More help - New problem now!!
« Reply #33 on: 03 September 2009, 18:12 »
Was it the drivers side?

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Re: More help - New problem now!!
« Reply #34 on: 03 September 2009, 18:20 »
Passenger side.  I was thinking the same, I remember one of the bolts going funny when I was tightening them, but that was the drivers side.

It wasn't someone stealing it, unless their intention was to only hald undo them all and replace the cap after.

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Re: More help - New problem now!!
« Reply #35 on: 03 September 2009, 18:22 »


It wasn't someone stealing it, unless their intention was to only hald undo them all and replace the cap after.

Ah yes forgot about the cap on the RC's :smiley:

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Re: More help - New problem now!!
« Reply #36 on: 03 September 2009, 18:23 »
It wasn't someone stealing it, unless their intention was to only hald undo them all and replace the cap after.

Ah yes forgot about the cap on the RC's :smiley:

Mate, that cap potentially saved my life!

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Re: More help - New problem now!!
« Reply #37 on: 03 September 2009, 18:42 »
Very lucky Mr Bob  :lipsrsealed:

Sounds like you might of over tightened them and stripped the threads... Close call but glad your ok Bob  :wink:

+1 if you were using a breaker bar then that sounds like a cause  :sad:
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Re: More help - New problem now!!
« Reply #38 on: 03 September 2009, 18:45 »
I never know how tight to do them, so always do it as tight as possible before they won't go any more.

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Re: More help - New problem now!!
« Reply #39 on: 03 September 2009, 18:47 »
M14 = 110NM invest in a torque wrench  :wink:
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