Bodge JobsIf you can't fix it with a hammer and a roll of duck tape, it's not worth fixing at all, my old mate said minutes before that nasty business with the hammer and a roll of duck tape. Tell us of McGyver-like repairs and whether they were a brilliant success or a health and safety nightmare.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 11:58)
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Mental tight?I thought wheel bearings were a moderately tight, unwind a smidge and make sure there's no movement, lock off job?
(, Mon 14 Mar 2011, 17:22, 2 replies)
p'raps Vambo meant the wheel nuts?is what i reckon.
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blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Mon 14 Mar 2011, 18:07,
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To Clarify I meant the bolts holding the brake caliper(which has to be removed and replaced when changing the wheel bearings)
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Vambo, Mon 14 Mar 2011, 20:06,
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The ones on my Citroën AX...... needed done up to something ridiculous like 70kg/m which is the sort of torque wrench settings that God used when he bolted the Earth onto its axis.
(edit: and He probably had to use a scaff pole and jump up and down a bit to get it to click)
(, Mon 14 Mar 2011, 19:07, closed)
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