Ok never had this before in a couple of thousand track miles over the years, but was at Coombe in Golfy yesterday (epic day- those who considered it but diddnt come you missed an absolutly ace day- lovely sunny & hot, open pit, 100 db, 6 on track at a time & very empty) Anyway I digress- as normal checked wheel nuts on the morning & all fine but just before lunch i get big wheel shake & vibration, pull into pits not quite sure what i was going to find- but fearing the worst, jacked it up & all it was that the wheel nuts are very loose! Quite odd (got quite long bolts too) but you can bet I now check wheels nuts after each session at the same time as the tyre pressures as a wheel coming off is not what im really after!
the only time I had it couple times on the same wheel, the wheel bearing gave up big time no noise / vibation, then boom wheel had to be tightened every 40/50 motorway miles next day I pulled hub apart only to find the bearing fall out
Didn't believe they could come loose in such a short space of time, but yep, they did... Good advice for all trackers.
Never had this but do check them all the time. Be carefull if you torque them up when you first come in as I have had a lot of standard bolts stretch on me if they are a bit hot from heavy braking.
