Chris-blk2000punto
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O.k O.k listen to this. I bought my punto 1.2 2000 reg 3 weeks ago and the guy i got it from had added some alloys from another type of fiat (16s) have been drivin it for about a week and today i was doing about 40 in a small road when i heard a loud scraping noise coming from my wheel when suddenly my car tips to the left!!!!!! i slamed on the brakes and i can see my f**king front passenger side alloy rolling away down the road n im sitting there thinking (WTF just happened)
I got out my car and i thought the worst (car is ****ed) i get out and i can see a large scrape all the way down the road leading up to my punto and notice that when the wheel fell off the disc has taken the punishment and as i braked it had scraped allthe way down the road. 1st thing i did was run down the road to fetch my wheel which looked o.k then had a look under my car and it seemed all fine cept the disc was worn down as i had braked on it lol. Does any1 know what the **** happend? what should i check on the car and wheel nut wise? i couldnt find 1 bloody bolt so i couldnt check them (searched for 15 mins) they probs ended up in sum 1s front garden (i dont rele know which size i should have with alloys)
To my amazement i put the spare on after taking 1 bolt from each other wheel and i drove the car away without a scratch and no1 was hurt (except the brake disc) the nuts were definately srcewed on tight so rule that out. i had noticed this scraping noise in the front 2 wheels for a while but it was quite quiet so i left it but when the whhel came off it git 10 times louder b4. can any1 help? thanks. P.S it was a very strange experience to say the least and thank god for the guy who came out of his house and helped my jack it up.
I got out my car and i thought the worst (car is ****ed) i get out and i can see a large scrape all the way down the road leading up to my punto and notice that when the wheel fell off the disc has taken the punishment and as i braked it had scraped allthe way down the road. 1st thing i did was run down the road to fetch my wheel which looked o.k then had a look under my car and it seemed all fine cept the disc was worn down as i had braked on it lol. Does any1 know what the **** happend? what should i check on the car and wheel nut wise? i couldnt find 1 bloody bolt so i couldnt check them (searched for 15 mins) they probs ended up in sum 1s front garden (i dont rele know which size i should have with alloys)
To my amazement i put the spare on after taking 1 bolt from each other wheel and i drove the car away without a scratch and no1 was hurt (except the brake disc) the nuts were definately srcewed on tight so rule that out. i had noticed this scraping noise in the front 2 wheels for a while but it was quite quiet so i left it but when the whhel came off it git 10 times louder b4. can any1 help? thanks. P.S it was a very strange experience to say the least and thank god for the guy who came out of his house and helped my jack it up.