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Was heading into the city after work today, was less than 1km from my destination when I hear a clunk clunk clunk coming from the rear left wheel of the Brumby...Great! I thought, what the hell could that be. It was quite loud, reminded me of the time the axle nut (on the same wheel!) came loose and killed the bearing. I thought sure enough it must be the axle nut has come loose again and stuffed my wheel bearing. I didn't have an easy place to stop, having to turn right into the CBD so I persevered for a little longer, surely it could hold on the 500m to my destination where there was a safe car park.
Not on your life, shortly after I thought this the clunk got very much louder, then grrrrr grinding noises from the rear left and vibrations, people were looking my way now with worried looks on their faces. Many expletives were shouted as I ditched it to the left, amazingly found a little side street so I could get off the road. It was covered in "NO STOPPING" signs, double yellow lines of course but this was an emergency. When I stopped before I could get round that side there was a guy staring at my wheel incredulously.
"Mate! all your wheel nuts are gone!"
What. The. F$&#
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Just seconds away I was, from losing a wheel. If I hadn't swerved to the left to push it back into the hub it would have fallen off completely. So close in fact, the wheel wasn't even on the lugs anymore but the disc resting on the inside of the rim was all that was holding the car up. Jacked it up and the wheel fell straight over.
What. The. F$&#
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Never in my life have I ever seen or heard of this happening, and it just happens to me at the worst time. Last time I had the wheels off was weeks and weeks ago when I did the rear brake pads. SO why has it waited all this time? I sure as heck didn't do them up any less tight than I always have, all other wheel nuts were tight still.
Counting myself lucky I got away with it, nicked one nut off every other wheel to limp home. That wheel is junk now. Also thinking the Brumby is on its last life if it keeps pulling random shit like this.
New studs and nuts are on order.