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frenchy
Member Since: 05 Dec 2007
Location: Liverpool
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On the Way to the Snowdonia Off Road event on Sunday morning it felt like I'd got a puncture. 
Stopped to check but no puncture, so drove on about 10 miles with the steering wheel wobbling around - wheels need balencing I thought. 
Get into Bala to check again - it turns out that one of the wheel studs on the FNS had completly sheered off and the vibrations had loosened two of the other studs to such an extent that they were only about two turns from dropping out altogether!! 
Anyone experienced anything similar??
Phone call to the dealer tommorrow to try and extract the stud - covered under warranty, I'll bet not!!!
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 26th Jan 2009 2:25 am |
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741hcr
Member Since: 12 Apr 2007
Location: Usually in front of the PC
Posts: 175
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I would have thought that the sheared one was caused by them being slightly lose in the first place rather than one shearing and causing the others to become lose. Nuts coming lose on lorries is a common problem hence the yellow plastic markers on each bolt which allows you to see at a glance if one has worked lose.
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| 26th Jan 2009 8:27 am |
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PaulP
Member Since: 04 May 2007
Location: Barcelona
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Who was the last person to touch the wheels? Have you 'had them off' yourself or maybe the dealer? Has it just been aligned/balanced?
741hcr wrote:Nuts coming lose on lorries is a common problem hence the yellow plastic markers on each bolt which allows you to see at a glance if one has worked lose.
I've often wondered what these were for 
How do they work? 2006 Discovery 3 TDV6 SE Auto Buckingham Blue
2007 Golf GT DSG
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| 26th Jan 2009 9:14 am |
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Wex
Member Since: 16 Apr 2007
Location: Knackeragua
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[quote="PaulP]
How do they work?[/quote]
The pointers point at each other ( in pairs).If the pointers do not meet or misalign then you know a nut has loosened.
Frenchy , whoever replaced your wheels last didn't tighten the nuts properly and forgot to check them after driving for further loosening.
Last edited by Wex on 26th Jan 2009 10:52 am. Edited 1 time in total
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| 26th Jan 2009 9:58 am |
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muppetlab
Member Since: 30 Nov 2008
Location: norfolk
Posts: 151
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I always check and torque my nuts after they have been taken off by someone else!!
Seriously though i never trust garages thats why i always check and when i have had them do an oil change i always check to make sure they have filled it with oil.
If i have changed a wheel i recheck the nuts after 50 miles or so. Having run lorries for years its a habit i have got into. I wonder if anyone does the wheel check markers for 22mm wheel nuts?? Corrado Vr6
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| 26th Jan 2009 10:22 am |
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NoDo$h
Member Since: 02 May 2006
Location: Finding new and exciting ways to milk badgers.
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not for recessed ones I know it's not considered "kind" to say no these days, but no. Just no, ok? And if it's not ok, still no.
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| 26th Jan 2009 10:33 am |
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frenchy
Member Since: 05 Dec 2007
Location: Liverpool
Posts: 1037
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I changed the wheels myself about two weeks ago - don't have a torque wrench but tightened them up to as reasonably tight as they would go without using any extra leverage on the LR wheel brace.
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| 26th Jan 2009 10:39 am |
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AJS4X4
Member Since: 30 Mar 2008
Location: Surrey
Posts: 3224
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Like the sound of them "pointers", they would look fantastic. 
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| 26th Jan 2009 10:47 am |
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NoDo$h
Member Since: 02 May 2006
Location: Finding new and exciting ways to milk badgers.
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can you get them in black? I know it's not considered "kind" to say no these days, but no. Just no, ok? And if it's not ok, still no.
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| 26th Jan 2009 12:01 pm |
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