whomp whomp whomp noise

[Jarred]

the big 30 odd mm nut you mean Dado?

[Spyda]

the big 30 odd mm nut you mean Dado?

Yeah that one, 27mm if i remember correctly.

[kavlfc]

The nuts on mine are 30mm (cost me £7 for the socket!)
If it's knocking I'm 95% sure it's the CV joint (speaking from experience ). You'll also need spline tool to get the drive shaft off n all, took me 2 - 3 hours to do on the drive.

Chris

[dub be good to me]

If the bolts where loose it would be more of a BANG BANG BANG sound as the wheel slaps the hub.....i learnt that the hard way in Lesson1: Tighten your wheel bolts. And in Lesson2: i learnt what it feels like to drive a car with 3 bolts missing and the remaining bolt about to come out, like driving on sqaure wheels.

This happened to me as well, ripped the front caliper off!
I pulled the hand brake on and luckily slid into a parking spot!
(more ass than class)

Good test for the wheel bearing is to jack it up, grab the wheel (one hand on each side) and try and wobble it. A good bearing shouldn't move..