Disaster, almost

[Rikki Kitto]

WOW Just tried to do oil change, sump nut solid so took to my friendly local spanner man. Lifted car noticed front left wheel bit loose so pulled it about a bit. First thought wheel bearings on closer inspection bottom strut bolts all worked loose and about to fall off

Very lucky escape I'd say. Thought it felt a bit strange booting it round those country lanes to work this morning.

Note to self; must pay more attention to knocking noises coming rom front end

[sam80quattro]

same thing happened to me on my 90q, wondered why it kept tucking in half way around a roundabout lol

[SEGER]

Lost a wheel once from the back. Wasn't on a audi but scary moments.

[ryster]

i found my hole front subframe was loose last week one bolt was about to fall out . i wondered why the car didn t feel right . going to get it on the ramp and put lock tight on the bolts and check it all the others

[twenty valve]

I was driving down the motorway in an e30 once. It developed a horrible wheel wobble which got worse and worse. Couldn't be arsed to pull over and investigate so carried on. When I got home the nearside front wheel bolts where about 3 turns loose!!

[Rusty]

all of the above... but on the Nurburgring followed by a brake caliper falling off on the way back from Combe the following weekend. Learned a fair bit in a short space of time

Front strut to hub bolts are never tightened properly by garages. They're a stretch bolt and shoud have at least new nylocks fitted and then tightened to 110Nm +90deg...

http://www.s2forum.com/forum/showpost.php?p=511059&postcount=13

[Dan]

all of the above... but on the Nurburgring

Did the wheel actually come off?

...because that's what happened to Marcel's car when I was in it

[Rusty]

No but it was damned loose

[newsh]

I've had a few things fall off over the years, not put back properly by "mechanics" Brake calipers, wheels etc..

Interesting about those hub bolts though, didn't know that.

Edit, actually Andy I do remember the incident now but had completely forgotten!

[pixsaudisex2]

I might just add dont forget to check how tight your spark plugs are also....