fitted new wheels

[kie1an]

hi m i brought some new wheels yesterday and put them on this morning , and for some reason im getting a knocking sound as im driving ?! what could this be ...has anyone had this before .

 

[kie1an]

and my steering wheel is going everywhere which i am guessing is my tracking / balancing .

 

[SkidMarx]

Have u left the spigot rings off the new wheels?? this can cause noise if the centre bore of the new wheels isnt right. The wheels could be unbalance or the tyres on em could be out of shape causing the steering probs.

 

[kie1an]

which bit is the spigot ring ?

 

[christian rea]

what size are they
?

 

[kie1an]

16 inch .

 

[Laura]

have you tightned them up properly they were ballenced fine, should have let me fit them

 

[kie1an]

yeh i should have . they sound like they are gonna fall off .

 

[Laura]

have you made sure they are bolted on straight?

jack the car up, take the wheel off then put them on again, tightening each bolt then the opposite one, tighten them as much as you can by hand then drop the car down and use a breaker bar to tighten them more

 

[kie1an]

shame i dont have a breaker bar lol gonna have to try this later then.

 

[christian rea]

thay a tight fit on the hub

 

[kie1an]

laura did you say they are a little bit too big on the hub ? it was the hub wasnt it ? so in answer to your question i dont think they are .

 

[kie1an]

theres no different sizes in hubs or anything between the sport (172 , 182 etc ) and say a 1.2 is there ?

 

[53Juc]

did you use the original bolts or did you get some with the wheels?

 

[kie1an]

i used the original bolts .

 

[kie1an]

i hope this helps and i hope this is the answer but basically i just went out now to do the above ^^^ refit etc and i got to the front left hand wheel only to find 2 bolts ??!! f**k knows where the other 2 have gone . would this most probably be the knocking noise ...

 

[Laura]

so you didnt tighten them at all then lol

lucky boy , always double check you have tightned all the wheels bolts, then check them again a few days later

 

[kie1an]

they must have vibrated and come off somewhere because i cant find them ....do you know what size or where to get new ones from and do you rekon this will sort it ? i owuld have thought so .

 

[Laura]

im still thinking that you didnt have them sat flat with the hub when you lowered the car back down and so the bolts wouldnt tighten properly hense why they came out

u should have 4 spare bolts from your locking wheel nuts , or reno sell them.

as long as you get the wheels flat with the hub before you lower it all will be well

 

[kie1an]

halfords would have them wouldnt they ... iv got a mate to help this time . yesterday i done it all on my own .

 

[gaz_5103]

oops lucky boy.

 

[kie1an]

yes tell me about it . could have been worse . i had a right hassle getting bolts !! ha ha long story so i wont explain and its all sorted now ! just need my tracking done because of the shaking steering wheel .

 

[Laura]

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