#1: Help front wheel came loose Author: Stu206gti, Location: LeedsPosted: Fri May 24, 2013 3:22 am ---- Hi last nite I was driving around and all of a sudden there was a horrible noise from front passenger side sounds like a flat tyre so pulled over it is not flat so I checked under car nothing loose I can see but alloy wheel bolts were loose any body has this or no why. The car is 206 gti y reg
#2: Re: Help front wheel came loose Author: iainlovatt, Posted: Fri May 24, 2013 3:28 am ---- Yes when you last changed the wheel you didn't tighten the bolts or you did but not good enough, so after a duration of you driving around they have got looser and looser until last night when you were lucky enough to notice it before it completely came off!
#3: Re: Help front wheel came loose Author: Tolkienfan001, Location: SpaldingPosted: Fri May 24, 2013 3:29 am ---- Have you got the correct bolts on?
When was the wheel last off? You or a garage?
Did you check they were tight a couple of days after they were last put on?
#4: Re: Help front wheel came loose Author: Tolkienfan001, Location: SpaldingPosted: Fri May 24, 2013 3:30 am ---- Ian you beat me to it
#5: Re: Help front wheel came loose Author: Stu206gti, Location: LeedsPosted: Fri May 24, 2013 3:42 am ---- Thanks for replys lads the wheels were last off in January for mot garage did pads and disks . Even the locking nut was loose
#6: Re: Help front wheel came loose Author: Tolkienfan001, Location: SpaldingPosted: Fri May 24, 2013 3:45 am ---- Just re tighten and check again in a couple of days
#7: Re: Help front wheel came loose Author: Stu206gti, Location: LeedsPosted: Fri May 24, 2013 3:50 am ---- Ok i will see how it goes over the weekend cheers
#8: Re: Help front wheel came loose Author: MrBSI, Location: What's it to you? ? ?Posted: Fri May 24, 2013 3:59 am ----
Stu206gti wrote:
Thanks for replys lads the wheels were last off in January for mot garage did pads and disks . Even the locking nut was loose
Whats the betting the wheel bolts where just air gunned up with no torque wrench used?
#9: Re: Help front wheel came loose Author: macca1411, Location: Westhoughton, LancashirePosted: Fri May 24, 2013 4:29 am ----
MrBSI wrote:
Stu206gti wrote:
Thanks for replys lads the wheels were last off in January for mot garage did pads and disks . Even the locking nut was loose
Whats the betting the wheel bolts where just air gunned up with no torque wrench used?
And the near side is more likely to come loose because of the rotation, but 5 months later is quite a while, unless your car doesn't do much mileage. Commercial vehicles used to fit left hand thread wheel nuts on the nearside to overcome the problem of them working loose. Very rare you hear of them working loose on a car unless they weren't torqued up correctly in the first place.
#10: Re: Help front wheel came loose Author: iainlovatt, Posted: Fri May 24, 2013 4:55 am ----
Tolkienfan001 wrote:
Ian you beat me to it
#11: Re: Help front wheel came loose Author: Timon2210, Location: PalestinePosted: Fri May 24, 2013 11:53 am ---- Maybe your wheels were about to be stolen,did you thought of that?
#12: Re: Help front wheel came loose Author: DREWDEN, Location: huddersfieldPosted: Fri May 24, 2013 12:04 pm ----
Stu206gti wrote:
Thanks for replys lads the wheels were last off in January for mot garage did pads and disks . Even the locking nut was loose
Dont think so, unless they had his locking key.
#13: Re: Help front wheel came loose Author: Timon2210, Location: PalestinePosted: Fri May 24, 2013 4:11 pm ---- maybe he don't have a locking key
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