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Membership Secretary
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Wheel Nuts coming un-done
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Fri, 18 June 2004 05:27
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Many people will have noticed the ding in my front left quater from where my left front wheel came off. I just assumed that some bastard had tried to flog the wheels.
This may not have been true as over the last couple of days I have had a weird noise dveloping from the front left wheel. I investigated today and found some of the wheel nuts to be loose.
No this is a different hub to the one where the wheel came off. Why would just the nuts off the left front come undone. I haven't had a problem with any other wheel.
1 suggestion I have as that when the wheel scrubs the chassis at full lock it is loading up the wheel nuts and loosening them that way.
Any other ideas experience would be appreciated.
Luke
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Toymods Club Treasurer
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Sydney
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Re: Wheel Nuts coming un-done
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Fri, 18 June 2004 06:37
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How are you doing them up?
I've never had a problem with mine & you see the way I drive.
Are they the correct nuts for the rims? ie not just nuts used for steel rims as these have a different shape.
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I Supported Toymods
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December 2002
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Re: Wheel Nuts coming un-done
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Fri, 18 June 2004 08:22
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| wagonist wrote on Fri, 18 June 2004 16:37 |
How are you doing them up?
I've never had a problem with mine & you see the way I drive.
Are they the correct nuts for the rims? ie not just nuts used for steel rims as these have a different shape.
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What Wagonist said!
Remember that bastard problem I was having with my spare wheel when we were all driving back from Toynats 03???
That was because the nuts were all wrong for the rims!
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Membership Secretary
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June 2002
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Re: Wheel Nuts coming un-done
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Sat, 19 June 2004 07:33
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The nuts are correct 4 the rims.
I almost hang off the breaker bar when I do them up, they are tight enough.
As I say its only the left front and I has happened with two different hubs.
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c'town, NSW
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May 2002
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Re: Wheel Nuts coming un-done
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Sat, 19 June 2004 09:07
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studs too long for the nuts?
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Adelaide
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May 2002
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Re: Wheel Nuts coming un-done
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Sun, 20 June 2004 03:27
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yeh, this is bizzare... I have the same problem and cant pin-point it. The nuts on my RHS come loose regularly for some reason.
I've also thought that it may be something to do with wheel size. I have 205/60/15 on the front of my sprinter and they scrub pretty badly on full steering lock, I'm going to get some smaller tyres to solve the scrub problem, maybe this will also help the wheel nut prob?
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Brisbane
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February 2003
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Re: Wheel Nuts coming un-done
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Sun, 20 June 2004 08:47
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probably not the case but perhaps metric nuts on imperial threads? or the reverse?
are the wheel nuts tightening on a tapering face? or pulling hard up against a flat face with a washer protecting the face?
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Menai area of Sydney
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June 2003
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Re: Wheel Nuts coming un-done
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Sun, 20 June 2004 11:02
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Has there ever been a mag wheel on that rim ?
Sometimes there are plastic rings around the centre of the hub that are used to centre the mag wheel and they stop the metal wheels being done up tight. Unlikely I know because it happened on two different hubs. Also, have you tried a different rim. You might have a non-Corolla rim that doesn't have the same shape for the nuts. Try swapping the front and rear wheels on that side for a while and see what happens.
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Membership Secretary
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Re: Wheel Nuts coming un-done
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Tue, 22 June 2004 01:27
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No the nuts are pulling up onto a tapered surface.
There is a hub ring, and on every other hub.
Nuts are diffinatley metric, they are correct.
Studs are the right lengh for the nusts. The wheel is doing up tight.
Scorpion. We are talking about mag wheels. I didn't have the problem with stockies, hence why i think it is rubbbing issue.
Yeah I'll try swapping the wheels but they are all the same.
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Terrigal
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May 2002
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Re: Wheel Nuts coming un-done
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Tue, 22 June 2004 02:03
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Mate is there someone you've pissed off maybe and they are sneaking around at night and undoing your wheel nuts? 
Maybe should check your brake lines too haha..
Ok sorry for the useless post!
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November 2002
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Re: Wheel Nuts coming un-done
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Tue, 22 June 2004 02:22
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Not such a useless post after all.
When I had just got my first car (TA22) I had some "supposed" mates loosen off my wheel nuts one night. We all went for a drive the next day, I started fanging through some corners and they went white in the face, but stayed quiet. Soon after I heard a banging in the rear. So I stopped and called the RAC, thinking the diff had let go, guy rocks up in the yellow van and checks the wheel nuts, sure enough 4 on one side (RHR) are loose.
Those guys never owned up to it, but I knew it was them.
Just an idea from left field.
Mitch.
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Membership Secretary
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June 2002
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Re: Wheel Nuts coming un-done
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Wed, 23 June 2004 00:40
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Yeah Joel and Ra23
That's what I thought the first time it happened. Car was parked at work and wheel came off on the way home. A bloke had his mags knocked of 4 days earlier.
Just I didn't think so with it happening twice on the same wheel. The car gets park in different spots at home and at work, its never facing the same way so its not like it the furthest away wheel all the time.
I just can't explain it.
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November 2002
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Re: Wheel Nuts coming un-done
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Wed, 23 June 2004 02:25
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I think Joel and I might be closer than you think mate....I reckon someone is yanking your chain and backing off your nuts a little..... 
Time to invest in some lock nuts ?
Cheers,
Mitch.
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Membership Secretary
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Re: Wheel Nuts coming un-done
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Wed, 23 June 2004 05:42
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Yeah already have there are 2 lock nuts per wheel. after the first incident
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