My wheel came off at 50mph...

lolhoward · Post by **lolhoward** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 10:53 am

Sorry to hear about it mate. Hopefully its not the road too long.

3LL1077 · Post by **3LL1077** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 12:41 pm

Well i picked her up from the garage today

Aparently my mechanic said everything is ok and to change the wheel to the back.

It still doesnt drive right tho

So im gonna put my SE wheels back on and see how it drives then

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 3:36 pm

I would imagine camber and tracking is f****d? Hows the bottom arm looking? The suspension strut straight? Any of the chassis bent?

Your extremely lucky if it's just the wheel and tyre!!!

3LL1077 · Post by **3LL1077** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 3:38 pm

Well acording to my mechanic everything is ok

Im putting my SE wheels on tomorrow Tim and gonna drive it and see how it drives.

Then have the tracking looked at again

lolhoward · Post by **lolhoward** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 4:53 pm

I cant imagine that all that force caused no other damage even if its minor. At the very least I would have agrred with Tim & said the tracking must be slightly out.

Glad you've got it back though and so quickly. Fingers crossed nothing else is needed, or maybe just a bit of allignment.

Mouse_GTI · Post by **Mouse_GTI** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 5:33 pm

Lucky that wasn't worse. What did the polis say about your plates?

3LL1077 · Post by **3LL1077** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 5:50 pm

Mouse_GTI wrote:Lucky that wasn't worse. What did the polis say about your plates?

Didnt say a word, he was asking me about it being friendly. All you guys give coppers a bad name. Ive not had any trouble so far

I had to laugh tho

The RAC guy was on the phone to "headquarters" requesting a low loader. and i quote

"Its a seriously low Polo"

lolhoward · Post by **lolhoward** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 9:54 pm

3LL1077 wrote:
Mouse_GTI wrote:Lucky that wasn't worse. What did the polis say about your plates?
Didnt say a word, he was asking me about it being friendly. All you guys give coppers a bad name. Ive not had any trouble so far

I had to laugh tho

The RAC guy was on the phone to "headquarters" requesting a low loader. and i quote

"Its a seriously low Polo"

Quality!!!

h4r1s · Post by **h4r1s** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 12:37 am

3LL1077 wrote: "Its a seriously low Polo"

makes it all worth it ey

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 8:01 pm

h4r1s wrote:
3LL1077 wrote: "Its a seriously low Polo"

makes it all worth it ey

Haha yeh!

Biddle · Post by **Biddle** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 8:42 pm

Seen a video somewhere before of (I think dutch) polo being loaded onto low loader on the side of the road. But you could hear the bumper scraping the floor all the way on

3LL1077 · Post by **3LL1077** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 9:31 pm

The guy took his time getting my car on and off the trailer. Didnt scrape at all

Took the wheel off today, its official. The wheel is fcuked and so is the tyre.

So i will order a new wheel tomorrow and get another tyre when i get the wheel.

What a pain in the arrrse

The hub seems ok, i still have a dodgy sound coming from my drivers wheel arch on full lock, and a funny flapping noise while driving from the drivers wheel arch!

lolhoward · Post by **lolhoward** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 12:17 am

I spoke to a mechanic tonight and mentioned your misfortune. He said worst case would be that the alloy knocked or dented your disc causing vibrations or noise/scrapping. Hows it seem?

3LL1077 · Post by **3LL1077** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 12:19 am

lolhoward wrote:I spoke to a mechanic tonight and mentioned your misfortune. He said worst case would be that the alloy knocked or dented your disc causing vibrations or noise/scrapping. Hows it seem?

Oh thankyou Howard thats very thought ful of you

Now youve mentioned that, putting two and two together. The RAC guy at the scene said my wheel had colided or something with my caliper. So that may be what it is, alltho the noise i swear is coming from the drivers side.

Alltho i thought the thudding noise was coming from my drivers side........and the passenger side wheel came off

lolhoward · Post by **lolhoward** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 12:23 am

He siad either the disc took most of the impact or your disc and caliper. So might be dis-aligned? He said the slightest knock on the disc can cause vibrations.