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Wakefield yesterday (Wheel nearly comes off!)
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Mon, 22 August 2005 23:00
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Hey guys, I went on the track yesterday, had a great time, and for my first outting, and crappy road tyres, I think I did ok. Anyways, when I took my 18" wheels off, for my 16", I threaded one bolt due to those damn tyre mech, with their rattle guns, I had to stand on the tool that takes the nut off, causing it to thread. Only 4 bolts were holding the wheel, but I still continued to race. 3 sessions in, I hear a "knock knock" sound, I pull in, and check the wheel, all the nuts are loose, so I tighten them all up, and call it quits. On the way home, the knocking got worse, pulled over and re tightened the nuts, further down, I pull over again, to find NO wheel nuts on the hub. I found them abour 2m behind the car!! 9Lucky I stopped. This is a lesson, dont race, or even drive, with no nuts! 
Exp day for me, with towing from Mittaging to sydney 
[Updated on: Tue, 23 August 2005 00:30]
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Re: Wakefield yesterday (Wheel nearly comes off!)
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Mon, 22 August 2005 23:02
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that is nuts !
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Central Coast, NSW
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February 2005
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Re: Wakefield yesterday (Wheel nearly comes off!)
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Mon, 22 August 2005 23:25
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| papercut wrote on Tue, 23 August 2005 09:02 |
that is nuts !
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I knew somebody would say it.
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November 2003
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Re: Wakefield yesterday (Wheel nearly comes off!)
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Mon, 22 August 2005 23:29
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| KOFFEE-BLACK wrote on Tue, 23 August 2005 09:00 |
This is a lesson, dont race, or even drive, with no nuts!
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Yep i agree females should never drive
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Re: Wakefield yesterday (Wheel nearly comes off!)
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Mon, 22 August 2005 23:37
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| Corona RT142 wrote on Tue, 23 August 2005 09:29 |
| KOFFEE-BLACK wrote on Tue, 23 August 2005 09:00 |
This is a lesson, dont race, or even drive, with no nuts!
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Yep i agree females should never drive
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baahahahahahah rock on. also, ur a lucky man KOFFEE.
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Re: Wakefield yesterday (Wheel nearly comes off!)
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Tue, 23 August 2005 01:18
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Shane
Damn hard luck mate.
You appear to be using the wrong nuts on those wheels though - those wheels take OEM Toyota wheel nuts with a flat washer setup whereas you've got the wear marks of what appears to be aftermarket wheel nuts which are angled as used on many aftermarket wheels.
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Re: Wakefield yesterday (Wheel nearly comes off!)
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Tue, 23 August 2005 01:28
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| Manny wrote on Tue, 23 August 2005 11:18 |
Shane
Damn hard luck mate.
You appear to be using the wrong nuts on those wheels though - those wheels take OEM Toyota wheel nuts with a flat washer setup whereas you've got the wear marks of what appears to be aftermarket wheel nuts which are angled as used on many aftermarket wheels.
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Manny, engine didnt miss a beat and I was blowing flames!!! haha.
Yeah, they are my wheel nuts from my 18" aftermarket wheels.
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I supported Toymods
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Adelaide
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July 2004
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Re: Wakefield yesterday (Wheel nearly comes off!)
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Tue, 23 August 2005 04:16
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I too learnt this the hard way
never use the wrong wheel nuts on genuine toyota wheels
shane did you get my PM?
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Re: Wakefield yesterday (Wheel nearly comes off!)
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Tue, 23 August 2005 05:10
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| KOFFEE-BLACK wrote on Tue, 23 August 2005 11:28 |
Manny, engine didnt miss a beat and I was blowing flames!!! haha.
Yeah, they are my wheel nuts from my 18" aftermarket wheels.
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Good to hear... that engine knows Wakefield well as you know.. it's got a 1.13 around there  ... but don't go bragging on here publicly about not running a cat 
Save yourself some future heartache and run 2 sets of appropriate wheels nuts!
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Re: Wakefield yesterday (Wheel nearly comes off!)
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Tue, 23 August 2005 05:17
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Hey, I did get your PM. Still pending hehehe.
Hey, so Im assuming take the wheel off, caliper and disc off, and I can change the studs?
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Re: Wakefield yesterday (Wheel nearly comes off!)
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Tue, 23 August 2005 05:21
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changing the studs on an IRS G series rear end is a peice of piss
as you said, remove the rotor and caliper and slide the old ones out, you dont need to remove the hub as there should be a spot so you can slide one stud in at a time...
we found this after we had started removing the hub, lucky we didnt have a hub puller or we would have taken it off completely
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Re: Wakefield yesterday (Wheel nearly comes off!)
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Tue, 23 August 2005 05:24
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| Manny wrote on Tue, 23 August 2005 15:10 |
| KOFFEE-BLACK wrote on Tue, 23 August 2005 11:28 |
Manny, engine didnt miss a beat and I was blowing flames!!! haha.
Yeah, they are my wheel nuts from my 18" aftermarket wheels.
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Good to hear... that engine knows Wakefield well as you know.. it's got a 1.13 around there ... but don't go bragging on here publicly about not running a cat
Save yourself some future heartache and run 2 sets of appropriate wheels nuts!
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1:13 ay??? What tyres?? Yeah, engine didnt miss a beat, very happy with it!
I do run a cat, thats the funy thing!
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Re: Wakefield yesterday (Wheel nearly comes off!)
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Tue, 23 August 2005 05:47
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damn, lucky mine wasnt as bad as ribfeast'!
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Perth
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May 2002
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Re: Wakefield yesterday (Wheel nearly comes off!)
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Wed, 24 August 2005 00:35
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Okay, I'm curious now as it's not in the thread, but did you have a time for yourself around the track?
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Re: Wakefield yesterday (Wheel nearly comes off!)
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Wed, 24 August 2005 00:43
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I did a 1:16.42 as my best time.
Have to say tyres were too narrow (16x6.5 and 205 tyres) the fronts were on the indicators, and on stock boost, no traction even in t hird haha.
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Re: Wakefield yesterday (Wheel nearly comes off!)
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Wed, 24 August 2005 00:49
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Very respectable dude, shows what having the same engine in a lighter car does for it Even with shoddy tyres!
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