by by wheel on highway!!

effenjay · Post by **effenjay** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 1:46 pm

hello im new here and new to 4wds. last night my rear wheel came off around a corner. once parked i found the nuts had been shreded off due to me putting on larger wheels. to stop this happening again can i get stronger nuts, from the standard ones i had. or do i have to get longer threds aswell. chers matt

DieselBoy · Post by **DieselBoy** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 2:02 pm

The most likely cause is that the wheel nuts were not tight enough or correctly tightened.

That or if you changed from alloys to steel rims, or the other way round, you had the wrong type of nuts for the wheels.

You need tapered nuts for steel rims.

lilpigzuk · Post by **lilpigzuk** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 2:57 pm

hear about it happening now and then, especially after a days 4wding. Would pay to check them after you have been playing. Tyre shops are "supposed" to tighten them with a torque wrench if they have had them off.
Basically it was whoever-did-them-ups-last fault or as DB said have you got the correct nuts on there?

albundy · Post by **albundy** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 4:28 pm

Have to fess up, this happened to me not all that long ago. Do have a look for hidden damage unseen until it is all pulled apart. My left front came off at 40k's and I busted all three bearings, inner and outer + needle roller bwearing on drive axle.
Al