The Virtual Pub
Come Inside... => Petrol/Diesel/Red Diesel/Aviation Fuel Head Zone => Topic started by: Nick on July 04, 2010, 09:09:51 AM
-
As reported yesterday, both rear wheels on my car are wobbling. The wheel nuts are tight, so it's not that. AA suggest the back axle is knackered, but I have my doubts. What else could account for it??
-
As reported yesterday, both rear wheels on my car are wobbling. The wheel nuts are tight, so it's not that. AA suggest the back axle is knackered, but I have my doubts. What else could account for it??
What car is it like...?
-
Driver nerves whistle:
-
As reported yesterday, both rear wheels on my car are wobbling. The wheel nuts are tight, so it's not that. AA suggest the back axle is knackered, but I have my doubts. What else could account for it??
What car is it like...?
Ford Focus
-
Driver nerves whistle:
Go away wumman
-
Shan't boxing
-
Why the doubts?
-
Could be the wheel bearings... not expensive to replace...
-
That's what I am hoping for. But why both wheels at once?
-
I'm no mechanic, but a Ford Focus surely doesn't have a rear axle - it's front wheel drive. rubschin:
-
Good point. I think the AA man was a nutter. It may be the bearings, which would be bearable. (see what I did there?)
-
Good point. I think the AA man was a nutter. It may be the bearings, which would be bearable. (see what I did there?)
A very good point. Why both at the same time though?
-
Good point. I think the AA man was a nutter. It may be the bearings, which would be bearable. (see what I did there?)
A very good point. Why both at the same time though?
They're both worn out by the same amount... there are a number of reports on the Intermong... And Nick didn't even notice remember, it was only plod that pointed it out...
-
So the VP view is that the bearings are fooked (car has done 75000) and that these are cheapish to replace. Costs anyone? I shall take it to the excellent, if scruffy, Norman Hand in the morning.
-
So the VP view is that the bearings are fooked (car has done 75000) and that these are cheapish to replace. Costs anyone? I shall take it to the excellent, if scruffy, Norman Hand in the morning.
Bearing in mind that we haven't seen it, that would be our best guess... whistle:
-
I shall let you know after Norman has checked it over. Growler informed me that it has alloy wheels with a locking nut. So at least the wheels are still on, which is a fooking miracle in Scouseland
-
So the VP view is that the bearings are fooked (car has done 75000) and that these are cheapish to replace. Costs anyone? I shall take it to the excellent, if scruffy, Norman Hand in the morning.
This will be the excellent, if scruffy, Norman Hand who so recently gave it a grade A MOT check but failed to point out a potentially lethal problem would it?
I await a tirade from the Petrol Heads to tell me that checking such matters as bearing wear doesn't feature in an MOT Test. ::)
I have PM'd.
-
Growler informed me that it has alloy wheels with a locking nut but I can't find the key.
point:
-
I have the key but it's covered in dead flies evil:
-
I have the key but it's covered in dead flies evil:
Oh, you left the key in the car then...? ::)
-
I have the key but it's covered in dead flies evil:
Oh, you left the key in the car then...? ::)
And you presumably keep yours safely at home and when you have to change a wheel whilst somewhere else????????????????????????????????????????????????
-
I have the key but it's covered in dead flies evil:
Oh, you left the key in the car then...? ::)
And you presumably keep yours safely at home and when you have to change a wheel whilst somewhere else????????????????????????????????????????????????
Or on the key-fob... so somebody can't just break the window then nick your wheels like... ::)
Is your question mark key stuck hound?
-
It's stoopid. You have to keep the key in the car for wheel changing, like cussing:
-
It's stoopid. You have to keep the key in the car for wheel changing, like cussing:
Of course... ::)
-
I have the key but it's covered in dead flies evil:
Oh, you left the key in the car then...? ::)
And you presumably keep yours safely at home and when you have to change a wheel whilst somewhere else????????????????????????????????????????????????
Or on the key-fob... so somebody can't just break the window then nick your wheels like... ::)
Is your question mark key stuck hound?
Have you seen the size of locking wheel nut remover on a Land Rover? It is larger than the key fob. It is frankly Hoooooge and weighs a lot. I keep it in the place provided in the car.
We are talking a real deal here ~ not some twopenny-halfpenny job from Poundstretcher. The device to remove lockable wheel nuts on my car and the one on the wife's Corsa are fecking great sockets. Even SWWLTBO would draw the line at adding that to her handbag.
-
I have the key but it's covered in dead flies evil:
Oh, you left the key in the car then...? ::)
And you presumably keep yours safely at home and when you have to change a wheel whilst somewhere else????????????????????????????????????????????????
Or on the key-fob... so somebody can't just break the window then nick your wheels like... ::)
Is your question mark key stuck hound?
Have you seen the size of locking wheel nut remover on a Land Rover? It is larger than the key fob. It is frankly Hoooooge and weighs a lot. I keep it in the place provided in the car.
We are talking a real deal here ~ not some twopenny-halfpenny job from Poundstretcher. The device to remove lockable wheel nuts on my car and the one on the wife's Corsa are a fecking great sockets. Even SWWLTBO would draw the line at adding that to her handbag.
I don't have a Land Rover... or Corsa... or locking wheel nuts for that matter! lol:
-
Nobody would want your nuts point:
-
Nobody would want your nuts point:
Thank heavens, I'd have to carry a mahoosive key around with me....
(https://www.virtual-pub.com/SMF/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.graphicsfactory.com%2Fclip-art%2Fimage_files%2Ftn_image%2F5%2F692425-tn_key500.gif&hash=bb8e37c8dc6abec914a924bab9c06694ff6260de)
-
So the VP view is that the bearings are fooked (car has done 75000) and that these are cheapish to replace. Costs anyone? I shall take it to the excellent, if scruffy, Norman Hand in the morning.
Well why don't you ask HIM in the morning then you exceedingly soft shte? ::)
-
I shall let you know after Norman has checked it over. Growler informed me that it has alloy wheels with a locking nut. So at least the wheels are still on, which is a fooking miracle in Scouseland
Oh no he ferkin' did not! noooo:
I answered your pm regarding this the same way you answered my questions on that text message I sent you last week, you great ginger tit. ::)
-
lol: lol: lol:
-
Haven't read a few pages but watching Top Gear, I ask the question - why didn't Clarkson punch the living fuck out of Campbell? That would have been perfick.
-
Should have loosened his wheel nuts. cussing:
-
I beleive the Ford Focus has a factory problem with the rear wheel bearings. They seem to corrode if you were driving on salt treated snow in the winter.
-
So perhaps living right next to the tidal part of an estuary that is prone to flooding, parking the car in the open and then leaving it there for a whole year may have contributed? whistle:
-
Turns out to be two buckled wheels (two buckled ALLOY wheels) and associated tyre wear. About £400 cussing:
Assuming, of course, I can find the locking wheel nut thingy which has vanished Banghead
-
happy100
-
Assuming, of course, I can find the locking wheel nut thingy which has vanished Banghead
point:
-
Turns out to be two buckled wheels (two buckled ALLOY wheels) and associated tyre wear. About £400 cussing:
Assuming, of course, I can find the locking wheel nut thingy which has vanished Banghead
That'll be the pot holes along Growlers least favourite road then.
As for the locking nut thingy ~ most RAC/AA men have a selection of them in their tool box as do most garages that deal with emergency call out breakdowns etc. That's how I have solved the problem of missing nut "cracker" on several occasions. There are only something like 10 combinations for each make of car.
I now await those with greater knowledge to argue about that.
-
Most of the roads round here look like the surface of the moon evil:
-
And what did they look like before you took to the road Nick? whistle:
-
Turns out to be two buckled wheels (two buckled ALLOY wheels) and associated tyre wear. About £400 cussing:
Assuming, of course, I can find the locking wheel nut thingy which has vanished Banghead
That'll be the pot holes along Growlers least favourite road then.
As for the locking nut thingy ~ most RAC/AA men have a selection of them in their tool box as do most garages that deal with emergency call out breakdowns etc. That's how I have solved the problem of missing nut "cracker" on several occasions. There are only something like 10 combinations for each make of car.
I now await those with greater knowledge to argue about that.
That'll no doubt make it my fault then? ::)
Look you great plank, christ knows how you can manage to buckle two wheels in the first place, but get yerself down the 'scrappy' for a couple of replacements.
-
Look you great plank, christ knows how you can manage to buckle two wheels in the first place, but get yerself down the 'scrappy' for a couple of replacements.
Steel ones as well, not more poncey alloy nonsense. evil:
Rusty steel rims won't get pinched either, so locking nuts won't be needed.
Get some 8-ply tyres as well, if the Scally roads are really that bad.
-
Look you great plank, christ knows how you can manage to buckle two wheels in the first place, but get yerself down the 'scrappy' for a couple of replacements.
Steel ones as well, not more poncey alloy nonsense. evil:
Rusty steel rims won't get pinched either, so locking nuts won't be needed.
Get some 8-ply tyres as well, if the Scally roads are really that bad.
It has been known for him to slightly exagerate on a few occassions, ::) so take what he sez with a tiny pinch of salt.
The roads around here are fairly bad in places, but absolutely no worse than any other county I've driven through over the last 6 months tbh.
He does however have his own...alledgedly, so he says like....micro climate, where ginger bearded dinasours no doubt freely roam and rummage through the foresty undergrowth, whilst herds of man eating hungry screaming Teredactyl swoop majestically above all day long. cloud9:
-
Growler has gone mad noooo:
-
Turns out to be two buckled wheels (two buckled ALLOY wheels) and associated tyre wear. About £400 cussing:
Assuming, of course, I can find the locking wheel nut thingy which has vanished Banghead
That'll be the pot holes along Growlers least favourite road then.
As for the locking nut thingy ~ most RAC/AA men have a selection of them in their tool box as do most garages that deal with emergency call out breakdowns etc. That's how I have solved the problem of missing nut "cracker" on several occasions. There are only something like 10 combinations for each make of car.
I now await those with greater knowledge to argue about that.
That'll no doubt make it my fault then? ::)
http://www.virtual-pub.com/SMF/index.php?topic=7968.msg216041#msg216041
http://www.virtual-pub.com/SMF/index.php?topic=7613.msg203627#msg203627
I assume your complaints failed to reach the right ears.
-
Turns out to be two buckled wheels (two buckled ALLOY wheels) and associated tyre wear. About £400 cussing:
Assuming, of course, I can find the locking wheel nut thingy which has vanished Banghead
That'll be the pot holes along Growlers least favourite road then.
As for the locking nut thingy ~ most RAC/AA men have a selection of them in their tool box as do most garages that deal with emergency call out breakdowns etc. That's how I have solved the problem of missing nut "cracker" on several occasions. There are only something like 10 combinations for each make of car.
I now await those with greater knowledge to argue about that.
That'll no doubt make it my fault then? ::)
http://www.virtual-pub.com/SMF/index.php?topic=7968.msg216041#msg216041
http://www.virtual-pub.com/SMF/index.php?topic=7613.msg203627#msg203627
I assume your complaints failed to reach the right ears.
Snoopy has been possessed by The Affs. scared2:
-
Turns out to be two buckled wheels (two buckled ALLOY wheels) and associated tyre wear. About £400 cussing:
Assuming, of course, I can find the locking wheel nut thingy which has vanished Banghead
That'll be the pot holes along Growlers least favourite road then.
As for the locking nut thingy ~ most RAC/AA men have a selection of them in their tool box as do most garages that deal with emergency call out breakdowns etc. That's how I have solved the problem of missing nut "cracker" on several occasions. There are only something like 10 combinations for each make of car.
I now await those with greater knowledge to argue about that.
That'll no doubt make it my fault then? ::)
http://www.virtual-pub.com/SMF/index.php?topic=7968.msg216041#msg216041
http://www.virtual-pub.com/SMF/index.php?topic=7613.msg203627#msg203627
I assume your complaints failed to reach the right ears.
Snoopy has been possessed by The Affs. scared2:
All hail Snaffs! worthy:
-
Turns out to be two buckled wheels (two buckled ALLOY wheels) and associated tyre wear. About £400 cussing:
Assuming, of course, I can find the locking wheel nut thingy which has vanished Banghead
That'll be the pot holes along Growlers least favourite road then.
As for the locking nut thingy ~ most RAC/AA men have a selection of them in their tool box as do most garages that deal with emergency call out breakdowns etc. That's how I have solved the problem of missing nut "cracker" on several occasions. There are only something like 10 combinations for each make of car.
I now await those with greater knowledge to argue about that.
That'll no doubt make it my fault then? ::)
http://www.virtual-pub.com/SMF/index.php?topic=7968.msg216041#msg216041
http://www.virtual-pub.com/SMF/index.php?topic=7613.msg203627#msg203627
I assume your complaints failed to reach the right ears.
Snoopy has been possessed by The Affs. scared2:
All hail Snaffs! worthy:
Feck off the pair of you ~ P*ss taking b@st@rds! lol: lol: lol:
-
I fail to be amazed by the memory capacity of you lot redface:
I can't remember what I posted last week ;D
-
You "fail to be amazed"? rubschin:
-
I can't remember what I posted last week ;D
We try to forget it too noooo:
-
I fail to be amazed by the memory capacity of you lot redface:
I can't remember what I posted last week ;D
I'll let you in on the secret ....... Near the top of the page between "Help" and "Admin" there is a little button marked "Search" ......... but don't tell anyone. cool14:
-
I fail to be amazed by the memory capacity of you lot redface:
I can't remember what I posted last week ;D
I'll let you in on the secret ....... Near the top of the page between "Help" and "Admin" there is a little button marked "Search" ......... but don't tell anyone. cool14:
I thought that was to be used if a member went missing.
-
I fail to be amazed by the memory capacity of you lot redface:
I can't remember what I posted last week ;D
I'll let you in on the secret ....... Near the top of the page between "Help" and "Admin" there is a little button marked "Search" ......... but don't tell anyone. cool14:
I thought that was to be used if a member went missing.
lol: lol: lol:
-
I fail to be amazed by the memory capacity of you lot redface:
I can't remember what I posted last week ;D
I'll let you in on the secret ....... Near the top of the page between "Help" and "Admin" there is a little button marked "Search" ......... but don't tell anyone. cool14:
I thought that was to be used if a member went missing.
Tried that but it didn't work redface:
Matron says not to worry tho' ~ it's an age thing
-
I can't remember what I posted last week ;D
We try to forget it too noooo:
Whatevah:
-
I fail to be amazed by the memory capacity of you lot redface:
I can't remember what I posted last week ;D
I'll let you in on the secret ....... Near the top of the page between "Help" and "Admin" there is a little button marked "Search" ......... but don't tell anyone. cool14:
Just had a look at that 'help' page for the first time. eeek:
Is there another 'help' page to help you understand it all like?
-
I fail to be amazed by the memory capacity of you lot redface:
I can't remember what I posted last week ;D
I'll let you in on the secret ....... Near the top of the page between "Help" and "Admin" there is a little button marked "Search" ......... but don't tell anyone. cool14:
Just had a look at that 'help' page for the first time. eeek:
Is there another 'help' page to help you understand it all like?
The only bit you need take action on is the button at the very bottom that says "DONATE"
-
I fail to be amazed by the memory capacity of you lot redface:
I can't remember what I posted last week ;D
I'll let you in on the secret ....... Near the top of the page between "Help" and "Admin" there is a little button marked "Search" ......... but don't tell anyone. cool14:
Just had a look at that 'help' page for the first time. eeek:
Is there another 'help' page to help you understand it all like?
The only bit you need take action on is the button at the very bottom that says "DONATE"
Well if you send me a nice white plastic sack, I'll put you in the que for all my crap with all the others. cloud9:
-
I fail to be amazed by the memory capacity of you lot redface:
I can't remember what I posted last week ;D
I'll let you in on the secret ....... Near the top of the page between "Help" and "Admin" there is a little button marked "Search" ......... but don't tell anyone. cool14:
Just had a look at that 'help' page for the first time. eeek:
Is there another 'help' page to help you understand it all like?
The only bit you need take action on is the button at the very bottom that says "DONATE"
lol: lol: lol:
-
Growler is an muppet
-
Growler is an muppet
Pot, meet kettle!
point:
-
Had to buy a new set of locking nuts and they drilled the old ones out. Including Vat is was £551 sad24: sad24: sad24: sad24: sad24: sad24:
Norman has a load of old cars round the back, including some Minis. One has a tax disc for 1979 whistle: Looks a bit sporty whistle:
-
Had to buy a new set of locking nuts and they drilled the old ones out. Including Vat is was £551 sad24: sad24: sad24: sad24: sad24: sad24:
I have the key but it's covered in dead flies evil:
point: point: point: point:
-
Growler is an muppet
an? whistle:
-
Growler is an muppet
an? whistle:
Nick being biblical again.
Or being a aerosol if you prefer.
-
cussing:
-
Why would the rear wheels buckle when the majority of the weight is on the front wheels? rubschin:
Unless, of course, you were reversing at high speed away from a plague of flies and hit some speed bumps...
-
I don't reckon it IS the wheels... noooo:
I reckon he'll put on some cheap old wheels AND change the bearings (the real problem) thus hiding the fact that he missed the aforementioned crumbling bearings on the dodgy MoT.... whistle:
And of course he slipped out the locking wheel nut key from under a pile of dead flies so he can claim extra money for drilling off the locks when he can just take them off with the key... point:
Gingers are so gullible!
-
evil:
-
Why would the rear wheels buckle when the majority of the weight is on the front wheels? rubschin:
Unless, of course, you were reversing at high speed away from a plague of flies and hit some speed bumps...
Quite so Moanio. whistle:
I'd normally be quite sympathetic, and have offered to inspect, try to help, and offer some kinds of varying solutions, but as he cannot conduct himself in a normal, decent and well mannered manner towards me, stuff him. Finger:
£551 too ey? Just over a quarter of a flea ridden rancid rug that! What a tosspot. ::)
Saw him coming ey? lol:
-
Growler is an muppet
Keep digging. whistle:
-
Growler is an grumpy bear
-
Growler is an grumpy bear
Your standard answer. ::)
-
Nick is an stirrer... whistle:
-
That's a bit harsh ....................... I think "An winder up of bears" suits better. whistle:
-
That's a bit harsh ....................... I think "An ginger winder up of bears" suits better. whistle:
Corrected for you ;)
-
Doesn't wind me up at all, just gets on me tits a bit with his nonsensical utter tripe and exagerations, and some of you's lot fall for it.
Spend 5 minutes and 18p + vat sending him a friendly text last week, asking a couple of simple questions, and his reply?
"kiss"
Yea, bolloxed if I know either chief. Shrugs:
-
Doesn't wind me up at all, just gets on me tits a bit with his nonsensical utter tripe and exagerations, and some of you's lot fall for it.
Spend 5 minutes and 18p + vat sending him a friendly text last week, asking a couple of simple questions, and his reply?
"kiss"
Yea, bolloxed if I know either chief. Shrugs:
lol: lol: lol:
-
Kiss rubschin: rubschin: rubschin: Prolly means he loves you really.
-
Kiss rubschin: rubschin: rubschin: Prolly means he loves you really.
eeek:
sick2:
-
Or it could be the acronym Keep It Simple Stupid...? Shrugs:
-
scared:
My first thought but I decided that discretion is the better part of valour.
-
He prolly sent it to the wrong person lol:
-
He prolly sent it to the wrong person lol:
Wouldn't he have sent Bacio...? whistle:
-
Growler sent me a PM the other day. That just said "kiss" too eeek:
-
Get a room you two
-
This is turning into a Kiss & Tell thread razz:
-
Get a room you two
The offer for him to live in my shed still stands angel1
-
This is turning into a Kiss & Tell thread razz:
tel is the only one that hasn't posted! lol:
-
Growler sent me a PM the other day. That just said "kiss" too eeek:
YOU are a crazed loon. confused:
-
Growler sent me a PM the other day. That just said "kiss" too eeek:
Yea, sorry. Forgot to add 'my arse'. ::)
-
Growler sent me a PM the other day. That just said "kiss" too eeek:
YOU are a crazed loon. confused:
sad32: