[Mgs] losing a wheel

[Barrie Robinson]

Who wants lug nuts?  I like the self tightening spinners that even look nicer



At 12:53 PM 4/30/2010, Max Heim wrote:
>Scary. Don't trust those newfangled lug nuts myself.  Can't tighten them
>with a hammer <g>.
>
>--
>
>Max Heim
>'66 MGB GHN3L76149
>If you're near Mountain View, CA,
>it's the primer red one with chrome wires
>
>
>
>on 4/30/10 7:43 AM, Aaron Whiteman at awhitema at panix.com wrote:
>
> > So last Sunday I took a 200 mile drive or so, which was mostly just a hoot.
> >
> > http://www.panix.com/~awhitema/gpsfiles/map2.php?year=2010&file=10.04.25
> >
> >
> > However, the portion of the trip between Cottonwood and Culdesac was rather
> > less enjoyable.  I lost a wheel.  Those stories you hear about 
> seeing your own
> > wheel pass you as you go down the road... yeah, been 
> there.  Fortunately, it
> > was a rear wheel.
> >
> > I did eventually find the wheel, which is (just) serviceable and 
> needs to be
> > replaced, but I got home with no additional troubles.
> >
> > I last looked at the wheel nuts in November, shortly after I put the wheels
> > back on the car.  Nobody else has touched them, discounting 
> saboteurs.  When I
> > checked along the road, all 3 remaining wheels where more loose than I'd
> > expect.  They're all plenty tight now!
> >
> > I'm using the 15x5.5" KN minilite replicas (Moss 456-045 ?), 
> which IIRC don't
> > have hardened seats.  Is that a potential factor?
> >
> >
> > The wheel as it sits on the car now:
> > http://www.flickr.com/photos/aaronwhiteman/4552913701/
> >
> > --
> > Aaron Whiteman
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Regards

Barrie
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