Horse trailer today, wheel left the vehicle and jumped the hedge ...
Have the studs snapped off on this?
Horse trailer today, wheel left the vehicle and jumped the hedge ...
I think they have changed the regs again and basically the owner can self declare its all pukka and std for the free mot and tax.
It does look like at least one of those studs has snapped, the one in the 2 o'clock position.Have the studs snapped off on this?
Free mot and tax ? that will be nice if it ever happened.
I have a classic car that will be mot and tax exempt after the 20th May so I'm happy with that.
It does look like at least one of those studs has snapped, the one in the 2 o'clock position.
That was probably the one that had the anti-theft nut on it.Was prolly the last one hanging on
What horrendous story.
Bizarrely, I was just about to post a question regarding wheels nuts and newly paint wheels when I read this. I'm not normally rattled by news like this but being new to fatherhood its a stark reminder of how fragile life is.
My situation:-
I recently had some steel land rover rims shot-blasted and primed; I then brush-painted them with 2 coats of coach enamel; I then had the tyres fitted. On collecting the rebuilt wheels from the type place (ATS Euromaster, so a national chain) the chap there advised I should sand the paint out of the wheel nut recesses as the nutys would not tighten properly against the soft paint. This was before Christmas and the wheels haven't gone back on yet so the paint has had a few months longer to dry than he might of considered.
In light of the tragic accident, I'm alert to the possibility of wheels flying off, and the very last thing I would want is for anyone to be put at any remote chance of danger. At the same time, is the sanding of the nut recesses necessary?
What do you guys think? FYI, the vehicle is a Series 3.
What horrendous story.
Bizarrely, I was just about to post a question regarding wheels nuts and newly paint wheels when I read this. I'm not normally rattled by news like this but being new to fatherhood its a stark reminder of how fragile life is.
My situation:-
I recently had some steel land rover rims shot-blasted and primed; I then brush-painted them with 2 coats of coach enamel; I then had the tyres fitted. On collecting the rebuilt wheels from the type place (ATS Euromaster, so a national chain) the chap there advised I should sand the paint out of the wheel nut recesses as the nutys would not tighten properly against the soft paint. This was before Christmas and the wheels haven't gone back on yet so the paint has had a few months longer to dry than he might of considered.
In light of the tragic accident, I'm alert to the possibility of wheels flying off, and the very last thing I would want is for anyone to be put at any remote chance of danger. At the same time, is the sanding of the nut recesses necessary?
What do you guys think? FYI, the vehicle is a Series 3.
Sand I reckon. If anything the risk is greater with hardened paint I'd say. It's not hard enough to withstand the forces involved and will break up but too hard to be squidged aside like fresh paint.
What a horrendous story.
Bizarrely, I was just about to post a question regarding wheels nuts and newly paint wheels when I read this. I'm not normally rattled by news like this but being new to fatherhood its a stark reminder of how fragile life is.
My situation:-
I recently had some steel land rover rims shot-blasted and primed; I then brush-painted them with 2 coats of coach enamel; I then had the tyres fitted. On collecting the rebuilt wheels from the type place (ATS Euromaster, so a national chain) the chap there advised I should sand the paint out of the wheel nut recesses as the nutys would not tighten properly against the soft paint. This was before Christmas and the wheels haven't gone back on yet so the paint has had a few months longer to dry than he might of considered.
In light of the tragic accident, I'm alert to the possibility of wheels flying off, and the very last thing I would want is for anyone to be put at any remote chance of danger. At the same time, is the sanding of the nut recesses necessary?
What do you guys think? FYI, the vehicle is a Series 3.
+1If you're worried, then remove the paint at the nut seat and don't apply any lubrication either.
+1
Lubricating the nuts and/or the studs can result in them being over tightened even when you do use a torque wrench. Wheel nuts should go on dry.
I’d never thought about this as I’m the f****r that has to undo them, I routinely use copper grease on wheel nuts. How much affect would the grease have? Are we talking 1nm or 20nm?
I’m not saying they wouldn’t but I don’t see how copper grease would cause over torquing to the point of them being dangerous. I’m not trying to be right I’d like to understand as so many people apply copper grease to wheel studs
I’m not saying they wouldn’t but I don’t see how copper grease would cause over torquing to the point of them being dangerous. I’m not trying to be right I’d like to understand as so many people apply copper grease to wheel studs