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aaronb74
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PostPosted: 08:23 - 05 Jun 2009    Post subject: Check your nuts Reply with quote
Why before thrashing your car, use some good quality wheel nuts and tighten them up good, but not too much....

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The Artist
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PostPosted: 12:47 - 05 Jun 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote
That happened to me in a pug 306 on a dual carriageway after a tyre change.

Grinding noise, like something was rubbing. Stopped and checked everything was ok. Everything looked ok so we carried on, boom and the front left wheel disappears into the distance.

Garage had over tightened the wheel nuts
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PostPosted: 13:01 - 05 Jun 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote
looks a bit... too... surgical really, all 4 coming off at once. would be fairly iffy though.
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PostPosted: 13:56 - 05 Jun 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote
Ouch, surely that looks like he's just totally forgotten to tighten them up? They count them all so presumably they're all ok and not broken, and it's nuts not bolts as you can see threads sticking out of hubs so coould more easily be left loose by accident and have wheels remain on for longer.
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PostPosted: 23:38 - 05 Jun 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote
For best results, torque up wheel nuts by hand.


Leccy wrenches are for taking them off.
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PostPosted: 15:27 - 06 Jun 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote
Acemastr wrote:
looks a bit... too... surgical really, all 4 coming off at once. would be fairly iffy though.


If the person who fitted them gunned them all up with the same gun at the same torque, most chance is theyre all under the same amounts of stress. I suppose then it's fairly possible for them all to go at once.
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PostPosted: 00:18 - 09 Jun 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote
MUAHAHAHA, same thing happened to me in a long wheelbase Mercedes Sprinter. Rear wheel overtook me. ooops.
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PostPosted: 21:41 - 09 Jun 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote
OssY wrote:
MUAHAHAHA, same thing happened to me in a long wheelbase Mercedes Sprinter. Rear wheel overtook me. ooops.


Except for the guy in the video now might be looking at replacing four damaged disks and four hubs if the threads have been damaged. As well as the skirt and rear bumper that he's just ripped into.
Ouch
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PostPosted: 21:52 - 09 Jun 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote
Mac_Kaliba wrote:
OssY wrote:
MUAHAHAHA, same thing happened to me in a long wheelbase Mercedes Sprinter. Rear wheel overtook me. ooops.


Except for the guy in the video now might be looking at replacing four damaged disks and four hubs if the threads have been damaged. As well as the skirt and rear bumper that he's just ripped into.
Ouch


will be the garage doing it all for free i would of thought..
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PostPosted: 22:06 - 09 Jun 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote
If its what I remember the nuts used were the wrong size,they tightened up but as soon as force was put on them just pulled straight off.
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PostPosted: 22:38 - 09 Jun 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote
Soul_Trader wrote:
For best results, torque up wheel nuts by hand.


Leccy wrenches are for taking them off.



Depends on the fitter really. My Air Gun is only a 3/8" Drive. But its got enough reverse torque to take off most wheel nuts.
Its also got a regulator for putting them back on. So you cant over tighten them.

Then obvs grab the torque wrench and take them to 110 / 120 or whatever.





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PostPosted: 00:44 - 10 Jun 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote
Pug205er wrote:
If its what I remember the nuts used were the wrong size,they tightened up but as soon as force was put on them just pulled straight off.


What as in a non standard pitch?
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PostPosted: 06:55 - 10 Jun 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yep, mazda use 1.25 pitch instead iirc?
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PostPosted: 20:17 - 10 Jun 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote
Here are your well earned fail cakes.

Im sure I could see about 7 wheels bouncing around at some point!
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PostPosted: 00:52 - 17 Jun 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote
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PostPosted: 05:16 - 17 Jun 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote
Not really the same but one of my mates managed to destroy a near new alloy wheel with a Maplins impact wrench. He used it to tighten the nuts up but over did it and split the wheel in 3 places MUPPET Laughing


That video for some reason reminds me of the coyote in the roadrunner cartoons wonder if he was using ACME bolts Mr. Green
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PostPosted: 17:25 - 17 Jun 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote
Drew wrote:

I see garages using torque wrench, after using the windy gun. So they windy it up to well over the recommended torque, then using torque wench, give it one 'click' then assume is is set at the correct torque, when in fact the torque wench made no difference to the tightness as the nut/bolt is already well over the recommended.
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could be that the airgun is on the lowest setting just to run the nuts up and seat the wheel then torqued up after,(we have a new rule where we're no longer aloud to blast 17mm wheelnuts up with the gun as they're difficult to remove)so the breaker bar is used to tighten after running up with gun
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PostPosted: 20:13 - 17 Jun 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote
Drew wrote:
Soul_Trader wrote:
For best results, torque up wheel nuts by hand.


I see garages using torque wrench, after using the windy gun. So they windy it up to well over the recommended torque, then using torque wench, give it one 'click' then assume is is set at the correct torque, when in fact the torque wench made no difference to the tightness as the nut/bolt is already well over the recommended.

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Alot of fitters do. I think the Torque wrench "click" after is just a check to see if they are tight enough. Rather than torqued to the correct setting.

Again, My Air gun has variable settings. So I just keep it on the lowest setting just to get the nuts on in quick time.



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