View Full Version : Drove away without doing up caliper bolts
BristolSam16v
07-06-2007, 02:34
:oops: only found out when one of the bolts flew out and suddenly my braking became very strange :oops:
hope you didn,t do any damage. apart from the obvious
pride :D
very lucky mate :)
could of been very nasty
mike16valver
07-06-2007, 11:05
Very Nasty :shock:
simonr85
07-06-2007, 13:55
i set off once for my MOT in my saxo and was blasting it down bk roads and the caliper bolts snapped on me so had to tie it bk on wiv a shoelace and drive to the MOT center with 1 shoe on...
...it didnt pass surprise surprise
BristolSam16v
07-06-2007, 14:54
Yeah luckily didn't do any damage as one bolt was still in, seemed to stop quicker thou!
On a side note I also forgot to put the bulkhead heatshield back on and have just melted my throttle cable and been towed home :cry:
oh no your having a bad day
or the wacky baccy is very strong lol
only jokin http://www.sshf.com/forums/images/smiles/sh.gif
Come in handy the calipers :lol: .
Least minimal damage was done. Always worth double checking.
Andyvalver
08-06-2007, 10:57
Not as bad as Justin on here, he drove away without tightenin his wheel and it fell off destroying his front wing an everythin lol.
But still.. :lol:
i had a clonking noise coming from my brakes... caliper bolts worked loose, so now it's a small dollop of loctite or new bolts everytime
also almost did the wheel thingy the other day, did them up hand tight got 15 feet n thought... hang on lol could have been nasty!
Not as bad as Justin on here, he drove away without tightenin his wheel and it fell off destroying his front wing an everythin lol.
But still.. :lol:
i did this the once :lol:
luky for me i relised and pulled over b4 anything happened!
Justin..
09-06-2007, 14:11
Not as bad as Justin on here, he drove away without tightenin his wheel and it fell off destroying his front wing an everythin lol.
But still.. :lol:
:shock:
:oops:
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