New wheels = Clicking noise

[smallstu16]

Hi guys just put a set of ford 15" escort alloys (no spacer rings) got the nuts all tight and everything , drove 20 miles and they were fine and now theres a clicking/soft thump noise coming from the rear,

Any ideas tyres dont seem to have lost any pressure although one does has less tread then the other

 

any ideas? cheers guys

stu

[cargy]

Sometimes get a clicking myself, but it usually goes away. A thump sounds more worrying

 

1. If the alloys were used, is it possible one's distorted?

 

2. Have u checked for small stones in the tread?

 

3.If the tyres are new, have they still got the stickers on?

 

4.Are there any bulges or cuts sidewall damage on sidewalls (inboard and outer faces)

[smallstu16]

I used the wheel nuts from my steelys so im thinking they might be coming loose

I should have used

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...ssPageName=WDVW

 

Will retighten them at lunch and hope for best.

[M4TT]

I used the wheel nuts from my steelys so im thinking they might be coming loose

I should have used

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...ssPageName=WDVW

 

Will retighten them at lunch and hope for best.

u just answer ur own question get some alloy nuts m8y steel ones are no good for alloy wheels

[smallstu16]

Well i feel Stupid!!!!

 

Ill get some of those nuts as soon as poss.

 

Cheers

[smallstu16]

Also will i need spacer rings? what are the purpose of them

Cheers

Stu

[cargy]

Also will i need spacer rings? what are the purpose of them

Cheers

Stu

Spacer rings generally widen the track of the vehicle by moving the wheels further out from the hubs. Generally only cosmetic and your wheels must not protrude outside of the wheelarches

[Cyrix]

Bloody hell hope u aint been going fast with these alloys on

[smallstu16]

they were fine last night and most of this morning i did 70 on the bypass and it was fine , just been and tightend them and my old mans gonna take it home via halfords to get some alloy nuts, i take it that universal ones will fit?

They dont have to be ford specific?

[simion_levi]

Yup, they have to be ford specific if you've got ford alloys - they have a conical washer that seats the wheel properly.

 

Suprised no-one else has yet stressed this though - you shouldn't be driving with steelie nuts on alloy wheels, you are liable to kill yourself or someone else mate. Plenty of people on this and other forums have made this mistake and - perhaps luckily - have just had a wheel come off over the nuts at slow speeds, wrecking only the hub, wing, sills etc etc. If it happened at 70+, you can probably guess the outcome.

 

 

Might well find you can't get them in Halfords - neither of my local stores sell nuts, only the locking variety. Ebay, on here, Ford garages or else online shops like http://www.trackstore.co.uk/wnuts.html (SN40 or SN44 are the ones you want for Ford wheels) might be a better bet.

[chrissy_bwoy]

check to make sure when u remove the steelie nuts u havent damaged the inside, if you have tightened them that much then its more than likely that u have gouged the alloy inside as the nuts have a flat edge and not tapered,

 

check this becuase if you have its unlikely that the correct alloy nuts will sit flush with the wheel then causing u even more potential hazards as the nuts will seem tight but wont be as they will only be gripping on the gouged part

[smallstu16]

Yeah the original nuts did leave some minor scatches in the alloys but nothing major have got some proper ford nuts from ebay.

They,ve now been refitted to the car and everythings hunky dory no noises no vibration just better grip.

Cheers For all your help guys!

stu