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deere66
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Has it had a tyre firm take the wheel off by any chance? Used to go for straw with a neighbour as a youngster up on the Wolds. They loaded with a Sanderson Teleporter. One day the loading stopped when the wheel started rattling and looked just like yours. Tyre firm had mended a puncture/changed a tyre the day before not tightened the nuts 
4wd
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No he does nearly everything himself he's a builder now but did HGV fitting brakes etc 20 years ago and we have a friend is retired mechanic with tool fetish.
Both quite useful chaps to have about.
That iveco with rattly tipper body on bumpy pot holed roads is going to shake anything loose sooner or later, one of the front wheels was starting but spotted in time about a month ago.
Both quite useful chaps to have about.
That iveco with rattly tipper body on bumpy pot holed roads is going to shake anything loose sooner or later, one of the front wheels was starting but spotted in time about a month ago.
4wd
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Back in business 24 hours later.
Iveco want £350 each for new wheels.
He got two wheels and set of bolts for £90 used in Darlington - and the outer one must have been a spare it is like new.
Then he had enough for new tyres all round as they were about done anyway.
And fitted four of those on back too this afternoon fronts are still to do for MOT January 10th.
Iveco want £350 each for new wheels.
He got two wheels and set of bolts for £90 used in Darlington - and the outer one must have been a spare it is like new.
Then he had enough for new tyres all round as they were about done anyway.
And fitted four of those on back too this afternoon fronts are still to do for MOT January 10th.
itsalwaysme
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4wd
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They have a decent rattle gun then he swings on it with big socket and long bar he weighs about 18 stone so nobody else will be able to undo themHe needs to ask Santa for a torque wrench now
Can you tell he does not come on here ... I hope
Sawdust
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Over tightening is nearly as bad as under tightening, I used to wracks everything up stupid tight, and could never understand why the alloy wheels need a stone hammer to remove them from the pickup after undoing the studs. A torque wrench is one of my best buys yet.They have a decent rattle gun then he swings on it with big socket and long bar he weighs about 18 stone so nobody else will be able to undo them
Can you tell he does not come on here ... I hope
Multi-power
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Hence I'm not a fan of rattle gun
Oh and a bit of lubricant helps too
Slackjawedyokel
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I got a Milwaukee rattle gun relatively recently and it’s great, particularly when changing winter/summer wheels on the vehicles.
Always have it set to tighten under though and final tighten with torque wrench (then drive to road end and back weaving around the road and check with TW).
Multi-power
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I suppose I was a bit harsh
They are handy
But not a substitute for actually checking the tightness
Multi-power
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That's purely for passing the buck
Sawdust
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Haulage companies down here write on sidewall of all wheels refitted, CHECK WHEEL NUTS
in bright yellow crayon, they don’t have a buck to pass, as they all do their own tyres.
FonterraFarmer
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Over torquing wheel nuts will cause studs to shear on shock loadings.