blackbird Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 Weird problem A few weeks ago I went to have the wheels balanced at a tyre place on a Chrysler Grand Voyager 2 rear came off fine , 1 front was difficult the other front refused to come off . I have recently had some work done in a garage I have used for years (and trust) ,that would have meant that the front wheels would have been taken off , so I took it back to them assuming they had put them on too tight or with a gun . they had a terrible time getting them off , stripped 3-4 sockets and had to change at least 1 stud and a few nuts . It’s back in the same garage (different fitter) for a track rod end , wheel came off no issue . Changed the track rod end , took it for a road test , got back , and remembered I wanted the brakes checking Tried to get the wheel back off , the nuts then wouldn’t come off , Swears they didn’t use air tools , were aware of the earlier issue What can make wheel nuts go from being able to come off ok , with no issue , to shearing the locking socket key and needing stud extractors to get them off after a 10 min drive >?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 Dodgy thread that gets hammered by driving? Odd though with new studs & nuts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 Untruths.... scaryoldcortina and Talbot 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSdriver Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 Don't know what is causing the problem. Are the bearings getting hot causing the wheel to expand? Did they copperslip the threads? Are they alloy wheels? My experience has always (apart from a Rover 3 litre) been the opposite, a Sunbeam Rapier that I had was always loosening it's front wheel nuts and the XM nearly lost a rear wheel which was certainly due to a tyre fitter not doing the nuts up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sutty2006 Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 Possibly incorrect or very slightly different thread on the nut to the stud? Rocket88 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talbot Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 Assuming that the threads are not damaged (both the stud and the nut), then nothing really. Certainly nothing that would make it get *that* tight. I would be very suspicious of this. Unless you did the wheel nuts up yourself, then do not believe anything that the garage says. tooSavvy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorRetro Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 I don't let anyone I don't trust handle my nuts... blackbird 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fraybentos Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 Buzzed em on with a gun without starting them by hand would be my guess drivewaymyway 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drivewaymyway Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 If they didn't use a windy gun then they might have used a fat man sat on a saddle on a 3m length of scaffold tube stuffed over the end of a 2m knuckle bar.. clayts450 and mitsisigma01 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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