Suprash Posted April 23, 2006 Share Posted April 23, 2006 If anybody knows of any wheel specialists places local to me or not, that could advise on whether an alloy is good or not would be greatly appreciated by myself Im looking for the specialist guys that could repair/test for structual damage......... I'll let normal service resume now......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted April 23, 2006 Share Posted April 23, 2006 Where are you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suprash Posted April 23, 2006 Author Share Posted April 23, 2006 Good point, where am I, fecking board, it used to say Basingstoke, Hampshire......what changed ? Anyway, is that better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbeh Posted April 23, 2006 Share Posted April 23, 2006 Have you 'pot holed' a wheel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suprash Posted April 23, 2006 Author Share Posted April 23, 2006 Have you 'pot holed' a wheel? Nope, it decided to part my company on the motorway, I want to know if its structually sound, there is some heavy scoring on the inside but looks ok apart from the obvious. The mounting face is also a bit churned up from the remaining studs grinding on the back, which looks like it can be skimmed to make it good again, but I need a specialist shop to advise on such repairs and once I have them done to say whether they think the wheel is ok for road use or not........... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk-rich Posted April 23, 2006 Share Posted April 23, 2006 shit, that must have been scary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbeh Posted April 23, 2006 Share Posted April 23, 2006 Wow. 'Parted company', I like that What happened? Dodgy fitment? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suprash Posted April 23, 2006 Author Share Posted April 23, 2006 Morbid lot, here you go....... setting off on my night out to Bournemouth on Friday night, got on the M3 heading south and after about 10mins my creaking noise front the front passenger side started to get louder. Not sure if any of you are aware of this problem I have been trying to diagnose of late, but to recap quickly, I have been getting some creaking noise from the front passenge side at low speeds. Anyway made it to the M27 and things took a turn for the worse, the noise got progessivly louder and you could start to feel it more, so we pulls over into the services, jacks the car up, checks the wheel, it spun freely, wobbled it and no play so off we set again, after getting back on the motorway it was obvious things really werent right so we decided to pull off at the next junction turn around go back and get another car (mine was booked into a local ramp for the next day to have the front sub frame bolts checked). Anyway turns around about Jct 3 on the M27, made it all the way to about Winchester services and by this time the noise had manifested into a almighty knocking noise, that now you could start to feel quite badly throught the car, Im thinking supsension, to bearing maybe, to this, to that. My speed was being brought down and down by the severity of the noise and by now I was doing about 40mph in the slow lane. Not good when you have lorries belting up behind you but things where really starting to knock, by this time we had crawled on a few more miles and finally saw the Basingstoke junction, yes, finally, we crawled it home, and with that the steering suddenly went a bit wobbly for a second or two and then 'BANG' the front passenger side of the car dropped and hit the deck, almighty scrapping noise and the car slid to a halt. What was worse was the hard shoulder had been conned off with tape joining all the cones and at first with the shock of what appeared to be loosing a wheel completely, I didnt manage to get the car through the cones, and it was promptly sat in the slow lane. So we all jumped out and legs it onto the hard shoulder with a lorry just skipping over into the middle lane and giving the horn as he flew passed. I ran round to the passenger side expecting to see the front bomex and side skirts gone, but thankfully they still had about 4/5 inches of clearance so with that jumped in the car while my mate moved some cones out the way and drove her, well more pushed and scrapped her over onto the hard shoulder. Gets out and takes a look at what happened/damage. The wheel hadnt come completely off thankfully had literally jammed itself into the wheel arch with one stud hanging onto it, despite the disc meeting the bottom inside of the alloy, thats basically what it was running on, hence the heavy scoring.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk-rich Posted April 23, 2006 Share Posted April 23, 2006 note to self, check nuts constantly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbeh Posted April 23, 2006 Share Posted April 23, 2006 That sounds really scarey, especially with those lorries! Glad you got out of it ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suprash Posted April 23, 2006 Author Share Posted April 23, 2006 note to self, check nuts constantly I do, ahhhh, you mean........get ya Yeah, I blame Racing Hart having a stupid fecking plate over the bolts so you cant immediatly get to them........... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stupra Posted April 23, 2006 Share Posted April 23, 2006 Bloody hell Ash, glad ur ok mate, an that the soop's not damaged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Suprash Posted April 24, 2006 Author Share Posted April 24, 2006 Supe is fine thankfully, still cant believe it......... Pete, yeah it was something like that, lol............ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPRALOOPY Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 www.rochfordtyres.co.uk talk to adam p or mark c:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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