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[AD Ent]

Remember when I had some bigger tyres fitted the other week and the fella didn't balance the fronts right?
Well yesterday I heard some noise like something was catching and also the front brakes felt awful. So today I investigated the noise and found one of the N/S front pads was down to the metal.
New pads and a short test drive and the noise and grumbling was still there WTF going on here then, sounds like its coming from the back. Jacked up the N/S rear to check for any bearing play and the wheel nearly came off in my hands.
Tyre man didn't tighten the nuts. Fecking idiot

 

[briggie]

Remember when I had some bigger tyres fitted the other week and the fella didn't balance the fronts right?
Well yesterday I heard some noise like something was catching and also the front brakes felt awful. So today I investigated the noise and found one of the N/S front pads was down to the metal.
New pads and a short test drive and the noise and grumbling was still there WTF going on here then, sounds like its coming from the back. Jacked up the N/S rear to check for any bearing play and the wheel nearly came off in my hands.
Tyre man didn't tighten the nuts. Fecking idiot

FOOKIN HECK

 

[clivvy]

crazy!! that happened to me, except it was all four wheels!! only found out after hearing the noise, drove all the way home, only to find all the nuts loose, as in finger tight...

 

[bry]

Remember when I had some bigger tyres fitted the other week and the fella didn't balance the fronts right?
Well yesterday I heard some noise like something was catching and also the front brakes felt awful. So today I investigated the noise and found one of the N/S front pads was down to the metal.
New pads and a short test drive and the noise and grumbling was still there WTF going on here then, sounds like its coming from the back. Jacked up the N/S rear to check for any bearing play and the wheel nearly came off in my hands.
Tyre man didn't tighten the nuts. Fecking idiot

So which F1 team was he fired from.:doh

 

[MudLifeCrisis]

Always check my nuts on a regular basis given the punishment I put them through ;-)

 

[bry]

Always check my nuts on a regular basis given the punishment I put them through ;-)

ARE we talking Wheel nuts?

 

[AD Ent]

I'm still in shock just thinking about what could have happened... Clivvy, All 4!!! bloody hell.
My mate has a fleet of vans so their is always one getting work done or due a service. One of his drivers picked a van up from the garage and his back wheel overtook him on a country rd bounced off a few cars jumped over a hedge and rested in a field.

 

[Fez_uk]

always check your man nuts and vehicle nuts.

Never trust a tyre place to do anything properly.