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Five broken wheel bolts!

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Five broken wheel bolts!

Post by raymond.harper » Tue Jul 30, 2024 9:56 pm

From a Facebook Z4 page, a chap only had the car for 30 hours before the rear wheel fell off! It looks like the bolts have broken off in the hub. Could have been very nasty.
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Post by enuff_zed » Tue Jul 30, 2024 10:04 pm

Over tightened by the apprentice at Kwikfit?
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Post by Mr Tidy » Tue Jul 30, 2024 10:22 pm

Maybe, but how much do you need to overtighten them to get them to snap! :o

That has to be near the top of the list of all-time bodgery!

I feel really sorry for whoever had just bought it. :cry:
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Post by enuff_zed » Tue Jul 30, 2024 10:24 pm

That’s why I thought apprentice. Confuse Nm and Lb/ft and let the air wrench do its worst!
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Post by Beerman » Tue Jul 30, 2024 11:23 pm

I'd go for a binding rear brake and the bolts tightened when roasting hot.

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Post by javis20 » Wed Jul 31, 2024 12:18 am

That happened to me once in the 70's. I car pooled to school and parked in front of some asshole's house and they loosened my wheel nuts. Driving down the highway the rear left wheel came off and passed me on the left.... I went back late in the evening and poured brake fluid on his paint.

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Post by raymond.harper » Wed Jul 31, 2024 6:27 am

Another picture of the stricken car. MOT history does show a lack of care with tyres. She will probably have a bit of road rash underneath. The owner is trying to get the dealer to take it back. I can see a drill, perhaps they could not lift the car so they tried to drill out the stubs
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Post by Beerman » Wed Jul 31, 2024 7:28 am

raymond.harper wrote: Wed Jul 31, 2024 6:27 am Another picture of the stricken car. MOT history does show a lack of care with tyres. She will probably have a bit of road rash underneath. The owner is trying to get the dealer to take it back. I can see a drill, perhaps they could not lift the car so they tried to drill out the stubs
That's a lot of worn and damaged tyres in the MOT history.

That car was on sale for quite a while. It was priced at £7995 which is quite low for a 13 plate from a dealer.

It will be interesting to see what the dealer does. The dealer does have numerous negative reviews for selling faulty cars.

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