Airtime said:Wow! :shock: I'm with Andy, really gutted for you, but good that you're all ok!
Unfortunately it's too late for you now, but after painting/powder coating of the wheels you should scrape or sand the paint off the seating areas/rings of the bolts. The paint can be compressed and can cause the bolts to come loose, so before you go on an other trip please do this on the other wheels! :!:
To end with a positive note: The work that has been done on the rear and sills of the bus looks really great! 8)
creationblue said:Hi Ali
Sorry about your troubles, but rear looks great..............least you have some more paint for the front arch i guess. Hope your done for Glasto.
Just
Dirty Harry said:Hi Allistar,
Whow....that must have been a very scary moment!!, luckilly no one got hurt :shock:
I know the feeling that you have enough of it, but we all have our ups and downs with this old crap, give it some time it will grow back on you again
The rear paint job looks perfect!!
Harry
Beetlebank said:Hi there,
I am the Carl that got the wheels powder coated, one of which one fell off. :shock: I have lost count of how many sets of wheels I have had coated, however most were late 5-stud or Beetle 4-stud. I can't believe I have been in the game so long but have never heard of this problem. On my own 1303 I got the wheels powder coated, fitted the tyres, bolted them on and drove it like hell 20 miles each way to work for months without problems.
I would be very interested to know if this is a wide-5 stud related problem. I will certainly clean off the coating from the tapers of future coated wheels to remove this variable in the equation, which seems to be the cause. I felt quite unwell when poor Alistair phoned me with his problem and am so relieved that he and his family were unharmed. We have since cleaned all the powder coating from the tapers and this is sure to be the end of this unfortunate episode.
Cheers, Carl.
Beetlebank said:Hi there,
I am the Carl that got the wheels powder coated, one of which one fell off. :shock: I have lost count of how many sets of wheels I have had coated, however most were late 5-stud or Beetle 4-stud. I can't believe I have been in the game so long but have never heard of this problem. On my own 1303 I got the wheels powder coated, fitted the tyres, bolted them on and drove it like hell 20 miles each way to work for months without problems.
I would be very interested to know if this is a wide-5 stud related problem. I will certainly clean off the coating from the tapers of future coated wheels to remove this variable in the equation, which seems to be the cause. I felt quite unwell when poor Alistair phoned me with his problem and am so relieved that he and his family were unharmed. We have since cleaned all the powder coating from the tapers and this is sure to be the end of this unfortunate episode.
Cheers, Carl.
Beetlebank said:Hi there,
I am the Carl that got the wheels powder coated, one of which one fell off. :shock: I have lost count of how many sets of wheels I have had coated, however most were late 5-stud or Beetle 4-stud. I can't believe I have been in the game so long but have never heard of this problem. On my own 1303 I got the wheels powder coated, fitted the tyres, bolted them on and drove it like hell 20 miles each way to work for months without problems.
I would be very interested to know if this is a wide-5 stud related problem. I will certainly clean off the coating from the tapers of future coated wheels to remove this variable in the equation, which seems to be the cause. I felt quite unwell when poor Alistair phoned me with his problem and am so relieved that he and his family were unharmed. We have since cleaned all the powder coating from the tapers and this is sure to be the end of this unfortunate episode.
Cheers, Carl.
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