Well that was surreal
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Driving along, going round a roundabout and all of a sudden, theres a large crash, and i see a wheel overtake me bouncing down the road and land in a big bush.
Yes, it was mine.
Stopped, got out, and then i realised what had happened. saw a nice long gouuge in the road.
Dragged wheel out of prickly bush, jacked car up, put car down again, and had to reverse so i had room to get the wheel back on as the kerb was in the way, borrowed a nut off the 3 other wheels and carried on with my journey gently, after checking the remaining nuts on vehicle.
Check your nuts boys and girls!
Just think if a pedestrian had been in the way!
Yes, it was mine.
Stopped, got out, and then i realised what had happened. saw a nice long gouuge in the road.
Dragged wheel out of prickly bush, jacked car up, put car down again, and had to reverse so i had room to get the wheel back on as the kerb was in the way, borrowed a nut off the 3 other wheels and carried on with my journey gently, after checking the remaining nuts on vehicle.
Check your nuts boys and girls!
Just think if a pedestrian had been in the way!
NSF wheel too - but mine carried on for a bit, then hit a lamppost square on which seemed to shimmy and wobble for hours before the light unit came crashing down in a shower of plastic and glass.greendiff said:
Obviously not, no!
A loud rumbly rattly wallowy old boat hides a lot!
Had an MOT last week, was fine. sat on drive since, one mile/ a couple of minutes later it was off.
Maybe some scumbag has been trying to steal the wheels and was possibly disturbed in the process, did a runner and left them loose.A loud rumbly rattly wallowy old boat hides a lot!
Had an MOT last week, was fine. sat on drive since, one mile/ a couple of minutes later it was off.
Same happened to me and my mate about 25 years ago when on holiday in a Nissan Cabstar - near Sanna Bay on the Arnamurchan peninsular.
Might have been loose nuts - but also so local weirdo's apparently had a bit of a reputation due to some local construction they didn't agree with (so we were told). We had left the vehicle unattended for a couple of hours.
Had standard jack, but had not anticipated needing to jack the vehicle of 2ft from the ground. Done in stages and rested / used rocks we had to find. Single track road - wheel had to be retrieved from the moorland. Saturday afternoon just before the last ferry back to Mull - which the two old ladies behind us needed to get or they would be stuck until Monday.
Turned out that the builders merchant in Tobermory had a Cabstar - unlike everyone else who had Transits back then - and he was passing the dealer near Glasgow that following week so got us some bits. Gave us a weeks accomodation in his bothy for a couple of hours work.
Then got stopped for suspected deer stalking - we had bike handlebars sticking up under the tarp covering the load area.
Eventful holiday - pleased it wasn't on a main road like you - although you were nearer to civilisation if you got stuck.
Might have been loose nuts - but also so local weirdo's apparently had a bit of a reputation due to some local construction they didn't agree with (so we were told). We had left the vehicle unattended for a couple of hours.
Had standard jack, but had not anticipated needing to jack the vehicle of 2ft from the ground. Done in stages and rested / used rocks we had to find. Single track road - wheel had to be retrieved from the moorland. Saturday afternoon just before the last ferry back to Mull - which the two old ladies behind us needed to get or they would be stuck until Monday.
Turned out that the builders merchant in Tobermory had a Cabstar - unlike everyone else who had Transits back then - and he was passing the dealer near Glasgow that following week so got us some bits. Gave us a weeks accomodation in his bothy for a couple of hours work.
Then got stopped for suspected deer stalking - we had bike handlebars sticking up under the tarp covering the load area.
Eventful holiday - pleased it wasn't on a main road like you - although you were nearer to civilisation if you got stuck.
Have you recently put the spare wheel on? I had this happen on a Transit van a few days after the spare had been fitted, the nut seats were rusty & after a few hundred miles the nuts had worked loose, I noticed a slight noise (thought it might be a wheel bearing) but all of a sudden the rear wheel made a sharp exit. All the studs had sheared. Ever since then I check the tightness for a couple of days after changing a wheel.
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