Hull scum

[dxmedia]

Just a little um... upset.

Went to the deep in Hull (which is brilliant) at saturday. Left the carpark and was supprised that the UJ on the rear prop had suddenly gone since every time I accelerated there was a clunk and every time I decellarated there was another clunk. Was absolutly fine on the drive over.

Heading down the m62 home at about 60, swing past a wagon and the rear end starts to feel very loose. Back off to about 50 and notice that the wagon is no longer behind me, rather it's well in the distance behind.  Well, that would be because I was driving along on 3 wheels, which I promptly found out as the back axle hit the deck.

The threads on 4 of the studs are in totally perfect condition. The 5th snapped. Seems like that wasn't the UJ on the prop, rather the whole wheel rocking forwards and backwards. So far everyone which has looked at it has said the same thing, 4 of the wheel nuts had been removed!!  You'd have thought that the moron who did it might have looked in the back seat and seen a child seat !!!!


Sooo if anyone is travelling down the M62 around goole and sees a brand new (<200 miles) 33" maxxis buckshot on a Jeep alloy, can you let me know ;)  F%%%ing scum though !!

[muddysteve]

passenger side wheel by chance?

[dxmedia]

Passenger side rear.

[muddysteve]

they have a nasty habbit of undoing themselves i'm afraid to say, had one go on the back of my old L300 and also nearly lost a right front on my defender.
The L300 had had new tyres fitted that morning so blame the tyre place but the landy hadnt been touched for weeks so how they came undone i have no idea but was during some pretty cold weather, luckily caught the landy early as on the front it was easy to tell something was wrong, the L300 though lost its wheel and destroyed 1 stud (other 4 were fine)

Its something to do with the direction the wheels spin, lots of big heavy gear has lefthanded threads on the wheelnuts on the lefthandside

[dxmedia]

Nope, this wasn't loose nuts. This was nuts which had been removed. If they were loose the wheel wobble is conciderable - been there before. This causes the threads to become quite damaged in the process and obviouse what the problem is. This is 4 spotless threads and one snapped. Everyone I've spoken too including highways guy and the recovery guy have all had one look and said the same thing - Wheel nuts have been taken.

Nuts also don't become loose whilst parked in a public car park !!!

[schuee]

The scum who did this need their nuts loosening with a pair of size tens  :twisted:

Have you checked if any  cctv is available, a small chance I know?

[dxmedia]

The scum who did this need their nuts loosening with a pair of size tens  :twisted:

Have you checked if any  cctv is available, a small chance I know?

Yup, had the CCTV checked... supprise supprise it was on the blind side. I was also parked right next to the ticket machine - again on the passenger side - so quite a few people passing...


Did have a quick google for 'losening 4x4 wheel nuts' and came across a few forums where it's a recommended (is that the right word?) way of upsetting 4x4 drivers...

[V8MoneyPit]

Did have a quick google for 'losening 4x4 wheel nuts' and came across a few forums where it's a recommended (is that the right word?) way of upsetting 4x4 drivers...

If that's the case, the sites need reporting to the police. Surely, it's inciting a crime? Or, at the very least, encouraging people to put others in danger. How would these cretins feel if you ran down a bus stop full of kids one morning because they had removed wheel nuts? It goes beyond mindless vandalism and gets pretty damn close to potential manslaughter if you ask me 

[barmiebrumie]

The scum who did this need their nuts loosening with a pair of size tens  :twisted:

Have you checked if any  cctv is available, a small chance I know?

Yup, had the CCTV checked... supprise supprise it was on the blind side. I was also parked right next to the ticket machine - again on the passenger side - so quite a few people passing...


could you let me have the link to them please  :-k



John


Did have a quick google for 'losening 4x4 wheel nuts' and came across a few forums where it's a recommended (is that the right word?) way of upsetting 4x4 drivers...

[Brian the Sn@il]

I cant believe this kind of stuff is going on,  :shock: Im going to start a campaign to Loosen the wheel nuts of the silly little 2wd drive cars that venture out when they should be parked up in peoples drive ways !!

Its Snowing - Stay at home - Know your Place  [-X

[Brian the Sn@il]

DONT USE IT !

[barmiebrumie]

DONT USE IT !

I have 2 of them, both parked up & staying that way ;)

[glaggs]

To be honest it is more likely that the wheel nuts loosened and thats why you lost the whell. You state you drove from the deep to Goole on the M62. If the nuts had been removed in Hull I'm sure you would have noticed sooner. Fitting bigger tyres can exagerate these types of problems which is why we should regularly check wheel nut tightness. Its a common(ish) issue with HGVs and some times the only warning they get is when the wheel comes past the truck. I personally know one Landrover ower who had a similar incident - on the M62.

[dxmedia]

To be honest it is more likely that the wheel nuts loosened and thats why you lost the whell. You state you drove from the deep to Goole on the M62. If the nuts had been removed in Hull I'm sure you would have noticed sooner. Fitting bigger tyres can exagerate these types of problems which is why we should regularly check wheel nut tightness. Its a common(ish) issue with HGVs and some times the only warning they get is when the wheel comes past the truck. I personally know one Landrover ower who had a similar incident - on the M62.

:/   try reading the opening post again. I noticed as soon as I left the carpark but thought it was a rear prop shaft uj giving up the ghost. I know that wheel nuts need regular checking, I used to be a psv mechanic, checking wheel nuts is second nature especially when your talking about buses and coaches.