RX7 Fail
Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 8:16 pm
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Re: RX7 Fail
Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 8:58 pm
I think he used the same garage as Scotty.
Re: RX7 Fail
Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 9:16 pm
Now there was no need for thathendeg wrote:I think he used the same garage as Scotty.
Re: RX7 Fail
Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 12:10 am
"Tighten nuts after 100 miles"
Re: RX7 Fail
Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 12:37 am
Been there as a teenager. 
"Ok, so now you've seen how to change the brake shoes"
- Thanks Dad....can I take it off the jacks and out for a test, then?
"No: we've not finished yet, and there's no number plates on. Leave it while I pop out for an hour"
(Half an hour later)
Brrring! "Hello?"
- Er....Dad? There's been an accident....
Who'd be a parent?
"Ok, so now you've seen how to change the brake shoes"
- Thanks Dad....can I take it off the jacks and out for a test, then?
"No: we've not finished yet, and there's no number plates on. Leave it while I pop out for an hour"
(Half an hour later)
Brrring! "Hello?"
- Er....Dad? There's been an accident....
Who'd be a parent?
Re: RX7 Fail
Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 9:35 am
Amazing that they all came off. Maybe this is what J2Lot needs to do!?
Don't know the cause here, but it can happen when people fit big wheels and the original bolts/nuts are a bit short and only get a couple of turns on the thread. Fortunately when I witnessed the same thing a friend only lost a single wheel, but it was on a motorway!
Don't know the cause here, but it can happen when people fit big wheels and the original bolts/nuts are a bit short and only get a couple of turns on the thread. Fortunately when I witnessed the same thing a friend only lost a single wheel, but it was on a motorway!
Re: RX7 Fail
Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 9:55 am
The thought had crossed my mind 
Re: RX7 Fail
Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 4:49 pm
Scotty C wrote:Now there was no need for thathendeg wrote:I think he used the same garage as Scotty.
Re: RX7 Fail
Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 9:03 pm
Lol. I prob heard about that one on Radio Scotland Travel 
All fixed now, Scotty?
All fixed now, Scotty?
Re: RX7 Fail
Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 10:48 pm
Yes it was a couple of Fridays ago at 4pmcampbell wrote:Lol. I prob heard about that one on Radio Scotland Travel
All fixed now, Scotty?
Re: RX7 Fail
Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 11:00 pm
Exactly where I guessed too!
Re: RX7 Fail
Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2013 1:29 pm
Yes it was a couple of Fridays ago at 4pm
Kept that one quiet! And here was me thinking my 'woobly wheel' at KH a few months ago was bad. At least I kepy all wheels attached......remember torque wrench settings for wheel nuts are always 'welsh' or 'TAF'. M
Re: RX7 Fail
Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2013 1:41 pm
One small grunt on my torque wrench.martins wrote: remember torque wrench settings for wheel nuts are always 'welsh' or 'TAF'.
Re: RX7 Fail
Posted: Fri Jun 14, 2013 12:33 am
Except on Elisesmartins wrote:remember torque wrench settings for wheel nuts are always 'welsh' or 'TAF'.
M
But maybe on T5 industrialwagenz!
Re: RX7 Fail
Posted: Fri Jun 14, 2013 8:34 am
A very fair point. I had two wheel studs go 'dink' on a rear wheel on the dukes pass once, traced purely to overtightening through their life... That focused the mind when I pulled up in the carpark...campbell wrote:Except on Elisesmartins wrote:remember torque wrench settings for wheel nuts are always 'welsh' or 'TAF'.
M
But maybe on T5 industrialwagenz!