Pages: [1]   Go Down

AuthorTopic: wheel nuts  (Read 1148 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline woody

  • Posts: 927
  • Attack: 100
    Defense: 100
    Attack Member
  • Karma: +0/-0
  • Referrals: 1
wheel nuts
« on: April 04, 2006, 08:45:25 »
a tyre on the front looked slightly soft when i parked up last night
so this morning nipped into the local petrol station to use the air line
just blowing the tyre up and noticed one of my wheel nuts loose with a 1/4 inch gap between the nut and the wheel
luckily i had my tyre bar in the boot a quick check revealed all the wheel nuts loose on that wheel all others OK

now i should know better  :oops:  :oops:

will go home tonight and give myself a good slapping
Logged
Never underestimate the power of a sick mind !!!!
What would scooby doo!!!!
remember if you camp next to the toilets you get to meet everybody at least once over the weekend
R reg Discovery 300tdi  NAMED: Scooby Doo !

Offline Paul

  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Posts: 4935
  • Attack: 100
    Defense: 100
    Attack Member
  • Karma: +3/-0
    • Hinckley, Leicestershire
  • Referrals: 0
wheel nuts
« Reply #1 on: April 04, 2006, 09:47:31 »
Your very lucky...

I know someone who lost his front wheel and it took the wing off. :shock:

Check them all to be on the safe side. :wink:
Logged
Paul Wright



Offline woody

  • Posts: 927
  • Attack: 100
    Defense: 100
    Attack Member
  • Karma: +0/-0
  • Referrals: 1
wheel nuts
« Reply #2 on: April 04, 2006, 09:58:55 »
will check with a bar tonight
QUESTION do the chrome covers come off to tighten the nuts or do they stay on
Logged
Never underestimate the power of a sick mind !!!!
What would scooby doo!!!!
remember if you camp next to the toilets you get to meet everybody at least once over the weekend
R reg Discovery 300tdi  NAMED: Scooby Doo !

Offline Paul

  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Posts: 4935
  • Attack: 100
    Defense: 100
    Attack Member
  • Karma: +3/-0
    • Hinckley, Leicestershire
  • Referrals: 0
wheel nuts
« Reply #3 on: April 04, 2006, 10:00:31 »
They are part on the nut... they don't come off. :wink:
Logged
Paul Wright



Offline hobbit

  • Posts: 4750
  • Attack: 100
    Defense: 100
    Attack Member
  • Karma: +0/-0
  • Referrals: 0
wheel nuts
« Reply #4 on: April 04, 2006, 10:29:06 »
Something you can do is mark the nuts relative to their position on the wheel, a bit of marker pen (ie a dot on the nut and another on the wheel)

Other things are marker arrows thay slot over the nuts and you set them pointing to each other, used a lot on commercial vehicles

But the old and tried method, (which I admit I dont do as regualr as I should) is regular checks on the nuts themselves

You can as a quick test is to tap the nuts with a small hammer or suitable spanner and listen to the sound, try cracking one nut off and listen to the difference
Logged
Kev

'91 stretch Discovery 200 Tdi
Hybrid for running round (got to go now)
Srs 3 Lightweight petrol (got to go)
Srs 3 Lightweight petrol, runabout

Not every problem can be solved with duct tape, and it's exactly for those situations we have WD 40

Offline Lucy1978

  • Posts: 516
  • Attack: 100
    Defense: 100
    Attack Member
  • Karma: +0/-0
  • Referrals: 0
wheel nuts
« Reply #5 on: April 04, 2006, 10:30:39 »
Have got pics somewhere of me repairing the damage done when my real wheel came off in the desert in Jordan, It was lucky I had some spare wheel studs/nuts with me as the they got chewed by the wheel as it left the car, along with breaking the brake cylinder and bending the back plate.

Lesson learnt, ALWAYS CHECK YOUR NUTS!
Logged

Offline hobbit

  • Posts: 4750
  • Attack: 100
    Defense: 100
    Attack Member
  • Karma: +0/-0
  • Referrals: 0
wheel nuts
« Reply #6 on: April 04, 2006, 10:34:02 »
Yes it can be harrowing, I was towing the car trailer with a lightweight on it the other year. After having it parked up for the week in a yard, I was 20 miles down the road and noticed one tyre waiving at me (no i didn't check them before I set off  :oops: )

Some muppet had loosened the nuts on one wheel while it was parked up.

Luckily I was a couple of miles from a scrappy and managed to get some studs and a wheel with a tyre to fit the trailer, but very worrying as within 30 mins I would have been on the motorway, the holes on the wheel and the studs were all well worn to say the least
Logged
Kev

'91 stretch Discovery 200 Tdi
Hybrid for running round (got to go now)
Srs 3 Lightweight petrol (got to go)
Srs 3 Lightweight petrol, runabout

Not every problem can be solved with duct tape, and it's exactly for those situations we have WD 40

Offline woody

  • Posts: 927
  • Attack: 100
    Defense: 100
    Attack Member
  • Karma: +0/-0
  • Referrals: 1
wheel nuts
« Reply #7 on: April 04, 2006, 10:35:52 »
Quote from: "climbingchris"
Have got pics somewhere of me repairing the damage done when my real wheel came off in the desert in Jordan, It was lucky I had some spare wheel studs/nuts with me as the they got chewed by the wheel as it left the car, along with breaking the brake cylinder and bending the back plate.

Lesson learnt, ALWAYS CHECK YOUR NUTS!


i have seen the damage and replaced a number of studs, nuts, wheels and hubs due to loose wheel nuts when working in a garage

sat morning was time to torque the wheel nuts of 60 Scania units  :x  :x  hated it especialy if it was raining
Logged
Never underestimate the power of a sick mind !!!!
What would scooby doo!!!!
remember if you camp next to the toilets you get to meet everybody at least once over the weekend
R reg Discovery 300tdi  NAMED: Scooby Doo !

Offline TechnoTurkey

  • Posts: 707
  • Attack: 100
    Defense: 100
    Attack Member
  • Karma: +0/-0
  • Referrals: 0
wheel nuts
« Reply #8 on: April 04, 2006, 11:13:04 »
I had a wheel damn near come off my 109" last year after a bit of off roading, was driving down a track after leaving Tom's farm and wondered why my steering had gone a bit funny, further inspection revealed that I was down to two nuts both only about 1 turn on!
Logged
2007 Honda Civic Type R GT
1982 VW Camper - Current Project
1991 Pajero SWB 2.5TD - SOLD
1990 Range Rover Vouge 3.9 V8 - SCRAPPED
1989 110 3.5 V8 CSW - SOLD
1984 Series 3, Ex MoD, 109 SOLD
1986 90 2.5D Pick Up - SOLD

Offline Lostboy

  • Posts: 273
  • Attack: 100
    Defense: 100
    Attack Member
  • Karma: +0/-0
  • Referrals: 0
wheel nuts
« Reply #9 on: April 05, 2006, 10:30:01 »
One morning when I had a customer presentation to make I discovered a flat tyre - so in best suit and tie rushed changing the wheel and tore off to catch up on time. Got off the end of the dual carriageway in which I'd done 70 down into slow moving traffic and kept hearing this 'thump thump thump..."

I'd forgotten to tighten the wheel nuts in my rush...  :roll:
Logged
You can have my iPod only when you prise it out of my cold dead hands...

Offline muddyjames

  • Posts: 3867
  • Attack: 100
    Defense: 100
    Attack Member
  • Karma: +0/-0
  • Referrals: 0
wheel nuts
« Reply #10 on: April 05, 2006, 11:51:10 »
I changed my wheels the other day to my off road ones ready for sunday and I found a wheel nut that was on only finger tight.

Also someone on here that I wont mention had been to Wales the weekend before and driven home and back to work and then nearly home until he got stuck down a byway and it took me 3 hours to rescue him.

He lost some red fluid whilst being stuck and we thought it was power steering fluid and he was complaining that his steering was funny on the way home and he pulled over onto the berge and said its getting worse. My dad replied its only the power steering pump with no fluid in. He started to pull away and wobble wobble the wheel fell off!!! He managed to do a couple of hundred miles on finger tight nuts. lucky really
Logged
Rover 620i 223,000 miles on the clock :)
1995 300tdi auto ES Disco. Big Green Giant

Most expensive item for a Disco is????? a round piece of paper stuck on the windscreen!

Offline muddyjames

  • Posts: 3867
  • Attack: 100
    Defense: 100
    Attack Member
  • Karma: +0/-0
  • Referrals: 0
Re: wheel nuts
« Reply #11 on: April 05, 2006, 11:51:58 »
Quote from: "woody"
a tyre on the front looked slightly soft when i parked up last night
so this morning nipped into the local petrol station to use the air line
just blowing the tyre up and noticed one of my wheel nuts loose with a 1/4 inch gap between the nut and the wheel
luckily i had my tyre bar in the boot a quick check revealed all the wheel nuts loose on that wheel all others OK

now i should know better  :oops:  :oops:

will go home tonight and give myself a good slapping


You dont suppose thieves were going to pinch your tyres and got as far as starting to undo the nuts and then got disturbed to you?
Logged
Rover 620i 223,000 miles on the clock :)
1995 300tdi auto ES Disco. Big Green Giant

Most expensive item for a Disco is????? a round piece of paper stuck on the windscreen!

Offline Richie_EB4

  • Posts: 520
  • Attack: 100
    Defense: 100
    Attack Member
  • Karma: +0/-0
  • Referrals: 0
Re: wheel nuts
« Reply #12 on: April 05, 2006, 11:59:15 »
Quote from: "muddyjames"
Quote from: "woody"
a tyre on the front looked slightly soft when i parked up last night
so this morning nipped into the local petrol station to use the air line
just blowing the tyre up and noticed one of my wheel nuts loose with a 1/4 inch gap between the nut and the wheel
luckily i had my tyre bar in the boot a quick check revealed all the wheel nuts loose on that wheel all others OK

now i should know better  :oops:  :oops:

will go home tonight and give myself a good slapping


You dont suppose thieves were going to pinch your tyres and got as far as starting to undo the nuts and then got disturbed to you?


You beat me to that one...........seen it so many times.........have quick walk round the car and look before you get in........if they get disturbed then they will not re-tighten them for ya  :(
Logged
Where there is mud there will be someone stuck.........then the fun begins

Owner www.4x4lrs.com

Administrator  www.4x4uk.org

4x4RNE Commitee member www.4x4RNE.co.uk

Defender TD5...K88 MUD
2" lift
Mach 5 rims with 33/12.5/16's
Mile marker H12 with 9.5mm Plasma rope
Steering Guard and front and rear diff guards
Safari Snorkel and roof light bar.

Offline woody

  • Posts: 927
  • Attack: 100
    Defense: 100
    Attack Member
  • Karma: +0/-0
  • Referrals: 1
Re: wheel nuts
« Reply #13 on: April 05, 2006, 12:35:38 »
Quote from: "Richie_EB4"
Quote from: "muddyjames"
Quote from: "woody"
a tyre on the front looked slightly soft when i parked up last night
so this morning nipped into the local petrol station to use the air line
just blowing the tyre up and noticed one of my wheel nuts loose with a 1/4 inch gap between the nut and the wheel
luckily i had my tyre bar in the boot a quick check revealed all the wheel nuts loose on that wheel all others OK

now i should know better  :oops:  :oops:

will go home tonight and give myself a good slapping


You dont suppose thieves were going to pinch your tyres and got as far as starting to undo the nuts and then got disturbed to you?


You beat me to that one...........seen it so many times.........have quick walk round the car and look before you get in........if they get disturbed then they will not re-tighten them for ya  :(


interesting theory
a mate called at the house one walked in chatted to the wife for a few mins walked out and someome legged it from the back of his car turned out this bloke had cut his fuel line and had started to syphon his fuel out  
must be the area
will keep an eye on the
i also have a locking nut on each wheel which might help
Logged
Never underestimate the power of a sick mind !!!!
What would scooby doo!!!!
remember if you camp next to the toilets you get to meet everybody at least once over the weekend
R reg Discovery 300tdi  NAMED: Scooby Doo !

Offline muddyjames

  • Posts: 3867
  • Attack: 100
    Defense: 100
    Attack Member
  • Karma: +0/-0
  • Referrals: 0
wheel nuts
« Reply #14 on: April 05, 2006, 12:36:34 »
well you have 1 nut which wont fall off then!!!
Logged
Rover 620i 223,000 miles on the clock :)
1995 300tdi auto ES Disco. Big Green Giant

Most expensive item for a Disco is????? a round piece of paper stuck on the windscreen!

Offline woody

  • Posts: 927
  • Attack: 100
    Defense: 100
    Attack Member
  • Karma: +0/-0
  • Referrals: 1
wheel nuts
« Reply #15 on: April 05, 2006, 12:49:01 »
Quote from: "muddyjames"
well you have 1 nut which wont fall off then!!!


locking doesnt mean it wont fall off it means you have to buy an adaptor to remove it
Logged
Never underestimate the power of a sick mind !!!!
What would scooby doo!!!!
remember if you camp next to the toilets you get to meet everybody at least once over the weekend
R reg Discovery 300tdi  NAMED: Scooby Doo !

Offline muddyjames

  • Posts: 3867
  • Attack: 100
    Defense: 100
    Attack Member
  • Karma: +0/-0
  • Referrals: 0
wheel nuts
« Reply #16 on: April 05, 2006, 12:50:35 »
but if you have done it up tight and light fingers undo the other nuts!
Logged
Rover 620i 223,000 miles on the clock :)
1995 300tdi auto ES Disco. Big Green Giant

Most expensive item for a Disco is????? a round piece of paper stuck on the windscreen!
Pages: [1]   Go Up
 





SimplePortal 2.3.5 © 2008-2012, SimplePortal