Reminds me of hitting a huge bump whilst rounding a curve in my '67
Sunbeam Alpine many years ago. It broke about 1/3 of the spokes in both
front wheels. From experience I can tell you the car is still drivable
(slowly) with 1/3 of the spokes broken but it's not something I'd
suggest you repeat. :-)
Chuck Norcutt
On 5/15/2013 7:42 AM, SwissPace wrote:
> Hi I can add myself to this - never knew lost/loose wheels was such a
> common thing, triumph 2.5 PI driving into Shrewsbury in the '80s
> hear/feel strange noise/feel stop get out to discover all wheel nuts
> missing from one wheel, no tools knocked on door of nearby house
> disturbed a couple of youngsters getting intimate but they found some
> tools in the cellar fro me soI took one nut off each of the other
> wheels as a get me home, I won't say who's fault it was but he shoots
> mostly fuji now. (pal disturbed him when swappimg wheels around).
>
> And I was discussing cars with my boss last week and he said that that
> morning he had a similar thing but caught it before the nuts totally
> came off - he said a few stern words to the garage that had just swapped
> his tyres over to summer ones.
>
> IanW - who has also signed official secrets act but can't say why :-)
>
>
>
> On 15/05/2013 12:02, Andrew Fildes wrote:
>> 1. I have watched as the front left wheel of my Range Rover bounced down the
>> road ahead of me. I took it into the ditch nicely and only needed a new disc
>> brake rotor. Scarey though. I thought the rumble was a bad wheel bearing but
>> no; loose nuts
>>
>
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