Check your wheel nuts

[renewablejohn]

you are right, 814 & atego both suffer with this, the split washer is a spring washer & needs replacing as soon as it has no spring left!!!! the wheels also need to fit reasonably tightly on the hub, (hubcentric fit) the hub will of worn over the years, ive built up the hubs using a mig welder, make sure your not using worn rims when this repair is carried out though!! with regards to this not being noticed an an r&m inspection, the inner wheel, if worn will move slightly whilst the outer wheel appears tight, over time it gets worse, unlikely a driver will notice this until its to late, vosa find these easy pickings as the split washer doesnt close completly if they are rusted slightly, PG9 for insecure wheel nuts evan thou they may well be torqued up correctly,

 

the spring washers for the wheels are very cheap, replace any worn studs an check the wheel nuts, they do wear out!! hope you get it all sorted

 

robbo 110

 

Thanks for that I dont feel so guilty for not spotting it but it still went with a bang. It wont be cheap to sort as it will need another hub plus tyres and rims.

[John Barleycorn]

About 30 years ago I almost went over a cliff in a pickup when working on a rig in the Sahara. A wheel came off after somebody had removed all but one of the wheel nuts. I strongly suspect the Fillipino labourers who were narked-off after I made mix sacks of chemical in the night, but it was their shift & their job.