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 its63b
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 posted on June 30th, 2005 at 09:14 PM |
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1st crash in my bug :(
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
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| posted on June 30th, 2005 at 09:18 PM |
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Adjusted your clutch recently?
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its63b
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 posted on June 30th, 2005 at 09:31 PM |
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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?
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| posted on June 30th, 2005 at 09:43 PM |
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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
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| posted on July 1st, 2005 at 09:40 AM |
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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
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| posted on July 1st, 2005 at 10:57 AM |
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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!!!!!!
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| posted on July 1st, 2005 at 12:09 PM |
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You picked a fine time to leave me rear wheel 
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| posted on July 1st, 2005 at 12:57 PM |
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oh thats no good, hope youre ok
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| posted on July 1st, 2005 at 01:11 PM |
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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.
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| posted on July 1st, 2005 at 01:22 PM |
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^ what mike said. Sorry to hear about the accident.
Jon
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| posted on July 1st, 2005 at 01:30 PM |
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soz bout the car...but glad ur ok...:kiss
and yeah, heart in mouth scary kinda stuff
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its63b
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| posted on July 2nd, 2005 at 12:15 AM |
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was scary but got new wheel bolts today,jsut gotta get the guards sorted out now somehow...
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| posted on July 2nd, 2005 at 09:13 AM |
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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
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| posted on July 2nd, 2005 at 09:28 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by MikeM
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.
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when i have to get them to do the wheel tightening thingy, i always ask them to handtighten em on with the good old wheel brace.. they are always
happy to do it as long as you ask them when they fill out the job card..
n always good to watch em do it as well..
nothing worse than the old rattle gun puttin em on at such a rate that they cant be undone without a 14' pipe on the end of the brace.. grrrr...
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| posted on July 2nd, 2005 at 11:01 AM |
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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.
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| posted on July 2nd, 2005 at 11:22 AM |
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sorry to hear about the accident... glad you and car are ok and repairable though.
Good luck with the repairs.
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| posted on July 2nd, 2005 at 12:03 PM |
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| Quote: | 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
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same thing happened to me a year ago on my 62 beetle. it was my fault, but i thought i only poped a tire then when i got out to have a look, my wheel
was 50 meeters back up the road!!
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| posted on July 5th, 2005 at 10:51 PM |
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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
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| posted on July 6th, 2005 at 01:02 AM |
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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!
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