Snapped two wheel bolts.

[john.med]

front near side, ages ago like a last winter the locking wheel bolt snapped when i was driving along. so i ran with 3 bolts no worries

yesterday was putting my wheel back on and crack: another wheel bolt snapped. so i now have two bolts only and i'm drivin around cr@pping myself in case the wheel falls off. the bolts are the top right and bottom right corners if you imagine the bolts as 4 corners of a square.

how likely is my wheel to fall off before i get it seen to, hopefully today?

 

[mwatts_tci]

as long as you dont push it too hard you should be fiine, and if it does fall off, take is as a learning curve, to torqe them up right, and keep an eye on them. Thenagain a brake disc with one side flat always make an amusing amount of sparks, It's happened to me before, just take it easy, and fix it quick!

 

[edde]

Sounds like someone been putting the wheel nuts on to tighter 90NM they should be +-10%

You should be fine why not sure your spare wheel nuts though?

 

[john.med]

my locking wheel nut is stuck fast. the one that broke yesterday is fairly stuck too.

i had my tires put on by a place that does truck tyres. i snapped my tools trying to remove the bolts last time. had to get garage down road to use a huge bar to loosen them.

not happy!

 

[john.med]

all fixed. £80 labour + £14 for two new bolts. Ouch! Safe now though