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Graham Phillips
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Username: playtime

Post Number: 324
Registered: 03-2019
Posted on Friday, 06 November, 2020 - 16:20:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IP

G'day everyone,....

Today I went out to pay a few bills,...

On the way back towards home I take the scenic route.

As I come around a very tight bend in the road I cut the apex and right in the left wheel track is a fugging big bolt on the road,....

Well I released the turn a little to dodge but just clipped the bolt, it got flung up under Camilla with a very big BANG!

It then ended up right in the track of the rear,....

BANG!

Next I hear WHOP WHOP WHOP, the sound of a deflated tire,....

I'll give Camilla credit, she did'nt become unbalanced at any time or pull to the left,...

I of course pulled over ASAP.




























Punched right through the steel belt.

Unrepairable.



Now looking for a new set of Avon Turbo Steels.



Graham.
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Mark Herbstreit
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Username: mark_herbstreit

Post Number: 218
Registered: 05-2005
Posted on Friday, 06 November, 2020 - 18:35:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IP

And you learnt that the RR on the hubcap means "remove to the rear". Left handed threads on the left side. Also threaten your passengers with death if they open that door against the jack.
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Robert J. Sprauer
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Username: wraithman

Post Number: 657
Registered: 11-2017
Posted on Friday, 06 November, 2020 - 21:52:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IP

Opens a discussion as to properly remove the wheelcover without damaging it.
Hint: it has something to do with the valve stem.
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Alan Dibley
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Username: alsdibley

Post Number: 273
Registered: 10-2009
Posted on Saturday, 07 November, 2020 - 02:10:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IP

Robert, the answer is "Lever at one o'clock from the valve stem."

Do I get a prize?

Alan D.

P.S. We now know what the RR on the wheel disc means. Mine are different - what does B.e.n.t.l.e.y. stand for?
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Geoff Wootton
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Username: dounraey

Post Number: 2236
Registered: 05-2012
Posted on Saturday, 07 November, 2020 - 03:38:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IP

I thread a short length of cord through two adjacent cutouts in the wheelcover and give a sharp tug.
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Patrick Ryan
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Username: patrick_r

Post Number: 2294
Registered: 04-2016
Posted on Saturday, 07 November, 2020 - 07:52:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IP

Good to see everything worked out well and car and occupants were all safe.
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Robert J. Sprauer
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Username: wraithman

Post Number: 659
Registered: 11-2017
Posted on Saturday, 07 November, 2020 - 22:29:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IP

Corrrect, Alan. It amazes me how people destroy their wheel covers with crowbars and screwdrivers trying to get them off.

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