jsut had my worst experiece for a long time,my rear left wheel fell off and i ran into a barracade on the side of the road as a result,only damage to the left guards but scared the shit outa me and lost 5 bolts for the rear wheel.could have been very bad if i was in the middle lane hey,its good to have good mates who came and helped me out! jsut as it was starting too look good lowerd with the whitewalls too,rear left whitewll spilt as a result..off to the panel shop for now i think isaac

Adjusted your clutch recently?

i had it reallined and tighted about 2 months back? a new cable was put in and the mechanic did a dodgy job on it,thats why i needed to get it tighted etc,woud that affect wheels coming off?

I think it was a reference to whoever would have adjusted the clutch will typically remove the rear left wheel to gain access.....so potentially someone didn't tighten up the wheel bolts properly :o

If it was done on a hoist however without removing the rear left wheel, then the above doesn't apply

Mate,that is ahart in the mouth stuff sorry to hear that.My saying is.....always double check everything you do!!!!!sometimes takes longer,worth it in the end process.:oJVLRacing

Can empathise (sort of) almost lost both front wheels in my old 76 bug years ago. Was driving with someone in the car and we were both trying to work out what the vibrations were from. When i got out and shook the wheels I couldn't feel them wobble, but when she walked up the road and watched me drive towards her she saw them really go from side to side!!
Proof from then on that I never trust tyre shops to actually do up the wheel nuts until I can actually touch them. They only did them finger tight then put the hubcaps back on!!!!!!

You picked a fine time to leave me rear wheel

oh thats no good, hope youre ok

Bugger. Glad it wasn't too serious.

Whenever I get tyres fitted now I take the the wheels off the car and just give the tyre shop the wheels. You can negotiate a better price that way too, and you know the wheels haven't been put on with a rattle gun that stuffs studs and drums/discs.

^ what mike said. Sorry to hear about the accident.

soz bout the car...but glad ur ok...:kiss

and yeah, heart in mouth scary kinda stuff

was scary but got new wheel bolts today,jsut gotta get the guards sorted out now somehow...

I lost a wheel once, was in a mates datsun so was all ok, I was the 1st person to lose a wheel in the Sydney harbour tunnell

Know what its like to loose a wheel. Lost my front right wheel once at speed. Dead set scared the b-jesus out of me. The front disked ended up looking like a semicircle. The front wheel kept rolling down the hill and crashed into some dudes tin shed about a klm away at a fair rate of knots. Made a huge bang.

As long as your alright.

sorry to hear about the accident... glad you and car are ok and repairable though.
Good luck with the repairs.

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Originally posted by its63b jsut had my worst experiece for a long time,my rear left wheel fell off and i ran into a barracade on the side of the road as a result,only damage to the left guards but scared the shit outa me and lost 5 bolts for the rear wheel.could have been very bad if i was in the middle lane hey,its good to have good mates who came and helped me out! jsut as it was starting too look good lowerd with the whitewalls too,rear left whitewll spilt as a result..off to the panel shop for now i think isaac

hi isaac got to check wheel nuts more ofton especialy if you fit a1916 lost one off my vert 8years ago rear tyre has more clearance now can fit larger rim and tyre

Fleur had one of the old crossply tyres blow on the rear. The tube jumped out of the tyre and wrapped itself around the axle tube, pulling the handbrake on immediately, locking up the LHR wheel. This happened at 100kph on the freeway!