mmm silver

anyone know where i can get a subaru wheel nuts in the watford area front off side wheel now only has three nuts on it some **** must have had a go while it was parked in luton today!!! couldnt have missed the big yellow locking nuts!!!

any help appreciated dont want to drive it like that!!

mmm silver

anyone????

looks like im a bit stuck then lol

mmm silver

ok next best thing off to JAE billing on sat very slowly me thinks if any one has any spare wheel nuts i will pay for them it would be appreciated!!! would you drive with just 4 nuts on a rear wheel if i juggle them round!!!!

scooby_si

argh u can happily have the nuts off my old 15"ers MY97 if it's any good to you? I'll be at JAE sat-sun but if i were you i get on the phone & get some sent out by courier or more cunning maybe somewhere local on the garage &/or halfords front has sumin suitable but certainly dont risk driving round like that
Si

scooby_si

is there no-one you know from local meets who might be able to help?
Si

scooby_si

but having said that many ppl have run on 4 nuts for a short period when one has fallen off etc but if you only have 3 that is surely risking the shear factor
Si (paranoid but it's cunning)

scooby_si

cunning plan 3 (ok not the cheapest un) is get another set of locking nuts & then you have sufficient nuts & better security
Si

mmm silver

true si but funds are low at the moment lol managed to find one in my tool box **** know's where the other 3 are i took off it lol, looks like ill drive up sat on 4 if ya do have any spare ill certainly buy ya a drink on sat....

ill be on the SIDC stand sat

cheers mate!!

Paul_M

Be very careful with a nut missing, the two nuts nearest the missing one will slacken off due to the extra force on them and that will pass to the other two causing the wheel to fall off

That might sound crazy but it does happen - truck wheels with 20+ nuts have been known to fall off because of one or two not tightened up properly and it's caused all the others to work loose.

It also happened to me once with another car when a fast-fit tyre place didn't tighten the locking nut properly, within 50 miles all 4 had worked loose to the point where the wheel started banging on the hub if power wasn't applied - thankfully I stopped and noticed the problem and sorted it cos within a few miles the wheel would have been off!

scooby_si

i'll make a note to bring a load of spares on saturday then, i'll be the drunk one on the SIDC stand wondering how you put a tent up
Si

mmm silver

all comments noted with due respect thanks paul, billing is not far from me and i will make a few stops to keep checkin thanks all!!

mark@wrx

Maybe in extreme circumstances, if you are very unlucky and its Friday the 13th! Four nuts should be ample for a short period of time, i've worked on rally cars that have done 25mile stages with wheel nuts missing, without any problems at all! Just my 2p worth!

scooby_si

Dont rally cars have longer studs thou
Si (sewing the seed of paranoia in others now lol)