Freelander Tyres

Oh I missed post 13 out trying to work out what eau d'vei meant.

so did you find out what it is???

While you're here have you ever come across self undoing wheel nuts.

I recently swapped wheels around and rechecked the wheel nuts a week later, and on one wheel all the nuts were slack, so I obviously tightened them and a couple of days later three nuts were slack again.

so did you find out what it is???

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Didn't try to hard well not at all realy, It's something water isn't it? Apple's Pom de terre. Dunno.

water of life.. i had self undoing wheelnuts on an austin princess i once had. i found the self that was undoing them and i undid his nuts

I was going to guess at cognac.

No it's definitely self undoing! The first time I undid them I needed a 3 foot tube on the wheel brace they were that tight. I reckon the taper on the nut dosn't match the seating on the wheel 'cos they've been stressed to much so the two aren't "locking" together.

tight or rusted?? if them was rusty you could have problems getting them to stay tight again

Bit of both realy more tight than rusty. when I put them back on I used copper slip on the threads, but then I always have done since I had an XR3 (now theres a hairdressers car) and the ally wheels corroded that much I had to make a puller to get the wheels off the hubs.

try it without the copperslip

i don't think you should be sticking that on yer nuts

I need some lubrication.

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I'm off tae me bed goodnight Slob. Goodnight 58 guests If you all want cocoa you'll have to make your own.

slob said:

water of life.. i had an austin princess i once

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did you really just admit to that ????

yup ah did..it was the six cylinder one and it only ever got 5 of its plugs changed