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19-11-2005, 07:44 PM
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Hey guys
Well about 6 months ago i had a flat in wyong and well i got stuck there !! no where to go beacuse the dodgy Wheel Spanner thing that takes the nuts off just kept turning, had to wait 2 hours for nrma in the rain (already wet from getting out of the car etc) and i though what a dodgy piece of hardware! so i took it back to A dealer and then they repalced it for me , cool i thought.. well on friday i had another flat and i couldnt change the tyre again the tool was DODGY!! the guy that came out couldnt even use the wheel spanner! the metal bent!! so two hours later and late for work we got a spanner from someone and changed the tyre! anyway i called ford and they said to take it back and get another they werent interested ill take it back but i hope they dont give me anothe soft metal hollow wheel spanner that bends !! just a warning carry a proper spanner (i do lol) hahha p.s. ill let u know how i go.. |
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19-11-2005, 07:56 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Pit Lane
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Buy a decent socket and breaker bar, no more dramas
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19-11-2005, 10:06 PM
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Clio 182 CUP!
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Inner West, Sydney
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Ive had a flat.... had no issues apart from a bend screw that holds down the spare....
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20-11-2005, 12:12 AM
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Focus Rookie
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Sydney
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i have had that problem actually, i have burst two tyres as you may know lol..
yer, it was crazy.. i had to really push the socket around the nut otherwise it would just slip.. Its very hard trying to push/ pull HARD and push in at the same time..
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20-11-2005, 09:10 PM
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Join Date: May 2005
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yeh done that mate (bought another)
but u pay 20K+ for a car u think a decent spanner wouldnt be to much.. anway oh yeh at the beaurepair carpark someone reversed into my car and took the rear body kit spoiler off! i fixed it today, needs a bit more work to sure it up :( just a crap day all in all.. and btw i would have bought a spanner if i knew the standard one was sooo dodgy!! |
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23-11-2005, 12:17 PM
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Motorsport Guru
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: The Blue Mountains, N.S.W.
Posts: 1,680
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On the subject of flat tyres. I've just completed a 3,000km drive through Victoria and South Australia and back and as I was crossing the Hay Plains I was thinking to myself that if I had a flat I was grateful that Ford had fitted a Full-size spare wheel/tyre as opposed to a space-saver. If I had a flat, it would have been a slooow drive at 80km/h. Not to say frustrating as road-trains pass me doing a 100km/h!!
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23-11-2005, 12:34 PM
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Motorsport Guru
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: The Blue Mountains, N.S.W.
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On the subject of flat tyres. I've just completed a 3,000km drive through Victoria and South Australia and back and as I was crossing the Hay Plains I was thinking to myself that if I had a flat I was grateful that Ford had fitted a Full-size spare wheel/tyre as opposed to a space-saver. If I had a flat, it would have been a slooow drive at 80km/h. Not to say frustrating as road-trains pass me doing a 100km/h!!
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23-11-2005, 07:24 PM
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Regular Member
Join Date: May 2005
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lol we have space savers in the fiesta! :( did the trip from wyong on the spare!! that really hurts going that speed!
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23-11-2005, 10:42 PM
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not here much anymore
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Sthn NSW
Posts: 22,918
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I have a sturdy tyre iron but I cant find anywhere in the Focus to put it. Any suggestions?
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25-11-2005, 02:55 PM
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Regular Member
Join Date: May 2005
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i have mine sitting under my tire as in
Tire ontop of the wheel spanner and then screwed in doesnt move etc.. |
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Scary ? dodgy! Yes Fault in ero4d cars
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