dtimmins1985
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So then guys, just got home on foot patrol!
Had a blow out in the mj at around 1am this morning.
Pissed off and fuming is not the least i want to say... but the whiskey and beer is helping me calm down...
Driving home and i hear a big bang... then i see a wheel overtake me and lots of sparks in my n/s mirror...
I pulled over and got out... to find that my front n/s wheel had shot off completely lesving behind half a brake caliper and brake disc completely chewed by the road...
Now what gets me... i cant find my wheel anywhere and the hub bit of the alloy is still bolted to the car... so i have the middle bit but no wheel and tyre and its completely broke off so not fixable...
How the **** is this possible? i didnt hit anything... just a bang and all hell broke loose... i was in the middle of the road..
I will have to replace brake disc, caliper, pad and wheel... thinking i should go through insurance... but... not sure.
I need to remove half the caliper that remains and plug it till i get home (half a mile) then replace the whole side or... just call insurance and hopefully get courtesy car... got work tomorrow and no transport and its sunday so no parts store open to get parts and fix myself...
Gutted and worried... hope its not a sign of many more issues to come.
Ideas?
Had a blow out in the mj at around 1am this morning.
Pissed off and fuming is not the least i want to say... but the whiskey and beer is helping me calm down...
Driving home and i hear a big bang... then i see a wheel overtake me and lots of sparks in my n/s mirror...
I pulled over and got out... to find that my front n/s wheel had shot off completely lesving behind half a brake caliper and brake disc completely chewed by the road...
Now what gets me... i cant find my wheel anywhere and the hub bit of the alloy is still bolted to the car... so i have the middle bit but no wheel and tyre and its completely broke off so not fixable...
How the **** is this possible? i didnt hit anything... just a bang and all hell broke loose... i was in the middle of the road..
I will have to replace brake disc, caliper, pad and wheel... thinking i should go through insurance... but... not sure.
I need to remove half the caliper that remains and plug it till i get home (half a mile) then replace the whole side or... just call insurance and hopefully get courtesy car... got work tomorrow and no transport and its sunday so no parts store open to get parts and fix myself...
Gutted and worried... hope its not a sign of many more issues to come.
Ideas?