Very lucky boy!
Posted: Tue Feb 04, 2014 11:40 am
Changed my discs and pads on Sunday (well 3 of them, took 3 hours to do the rear o/s one, will do the next last one this weekend!) with the help of my other halfs dad. He did the front n/s whilst I did the front o/s. Anyway they were no problem and done withing 20minutes.
Drove the 45min trip home Sunday, no problem. Drove to work this morning and start hearing this banging noise from the front n/s. Sounded like something catching as the wheel went round, I thought maybe a warped disc. As I got closer to work it got worse. Didn't have time to check anything when I got to work.
Had to go off site at 10, only 2 mins down the road and the noise was even worse. So I did what I had to do and before going back on site I decided I really needed to check it.
Upon inspection I found that not a single one of the bolts were done up! Good chance they were tightened slightly but loosened up through use but I couldn't believe it! I guess we just forgot to torque them up!
Took the wheel off and checked the disc and everything seems fine, put the wheel back on and drove back and it feels and sounds good.
I must of hit 70 at some point last night coming home overtaking someone. It's scary to think that it could have gone very differently. Only good thing from this is it will never happen again that's for sure!
Always double check your nuts!
Drove the 45min trip home Sunday, no problem. Drove to work this morning and start hearing this banging noise from the front n/s. Sounded like something catching as the wheel went round, I thought maybe a warped disc. As I got closer to work it got worse. Didn't have time to check anything when I got to work.
Had to go off site at 10, only 2 mins down the road and the noise was even worse. So I did what I had to do and before going back on site I decided I really needed to check it.
Upon inspection I found that not a single one of the bolts were done up! Good chance they were tightened slightly but loosened up through use but I couldn't believe it! I guess we just forgot to torque them up!
Took the wheel off and checked the disc and everything seems fine, put the wheel back on and drove back and it feels and sounds good.
I must of hit 70 at some point last night coming home overtaking someone. It's scary to think that it could have gone very differently. Only good thing from this is it will never happen again that's for sure!
Always double check your nuts!
Lucky indeed. Don't make the same mistake again. 
might be worth getting a garage to check it over? Unless someone else can give some look onto the noise first? Did you grease up all the pads?