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Post by RockyF75 »

If you drive a rocky (but could be any car/4x4), and you start to hear this wierd squeaking type noise (in time with the turning of the wheel), comming from one/some of the wheels (in my case was the left-back), dont just 'ignore' it for a couple of weeks until you have time ;)

Here I was thinking it was a axle bearing or hopefully just sum muck in the rear drums, so I decided to just wait till I did a service (which was soon) to have a look, anyhow, started service today, put radiator flush in so I need to run the car for 20mins so I go for a drive, on the way back, doing ~80kph around a long easy bend, the Rocky decides to start drifting on its own :shock: ... I pull over thinking I have a flat rear tyre, get out, and 4 of my wheel nuts are loosey-goosey, and on the 5th one the actual bolt as sheared off :shock: So in 40degree heat (with slurpies in car melting) I jack it up, tighten the remaining 4 bolts up, drive home, borrow mothers car and start a mad rush to get to auto shops before they close (3:40pm on a sunday :roll: ) Stoopid cheap - get a 13yr old kid going 'ahh, yeah, umm, we have trailer bolts only i think, want a look?' - I look, no good
Go to autopro - Shut
Coldys towbars - Shut
Some 4x4 place - Shut
Finally remember repco, and low an behold, they actually had ONE rocky specific wheel nut/bolt thingy in stock :armsup:

So now I still havent finished the whole service :bad-words: , all cause I was too lazy to just jack the rear up when I 1st heard the noise :oops: ( oh yeah, and I could have lost the whole wheel and died so i guess thats pretty bad to huh :lol: )
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Post by HotFourOk »

Woah.... lucky man... remember to do up them nuts hey! :lol:
[quote="RockyF70 - Coming out of the closet"]i'd be rushing out and buying an IFS rocky[/quote]
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Post by RockyF75 »

HotFourOk wrote:Woah.... lucky man... remember to do up them nuts hey! :lol:
yeah, i think last time i cleaned out the drums the cover thingy didnt slip right on, so I tightened em, but then after a while the drum slipped itself all the way in, making the nuts loose :roll: Cant believe i didnt spot it straight away
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Post by BundyRumandCoke »

Try loosing a rear wheel at 100kph on the Bruce Hwy because of loose wheelnuts. Been there, done that.
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Post by HotFourOk »

:shock: are you dead.... lol

That woulda been so scary Bundy... geez
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Post by Patchy »

yeah BundyRumandCoke :!: well this one time at scouts i lost my honky nut scaff tie thing so i turned around and looked in the mirror :oops: :? :oops: .......
sorry wrong forum :finger: (how can i bee soo stupid)
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