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Originally Posted by The race controller
I didn't expect you to run it without even glueing the tyres on. In which case you would have had to take the wheels off yourself.
...........................But there again you are Simon the perfect mechanic.  |
They aren't glued? I never checked
just assumed they had been - so if the wheel hadn't come off the tyres would have!
Anyway I wasn't commenting on your assembly skills, merely pointing out the the problem was not due to my lack of them.
The nuts are not serrated. On checking the other side, they were done up to what I would consider 'normal' tightness, but I've been told from other owners that you have to go way past that and into 'crush the bearings' territory.
It doesn't sound like a bag of spanners, but you'll be pleased to know that at present the wiring does look like a bird is nesting in my car.....
Kudos to Matt by the way for delivering the car to my door with my wife in the lounge and her still not cottoning on. Though this mornings Atomic Carbon package did raise an eyebrow.....