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Forum: C3 Engines, Driveline and Handling

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Posted: 7/30/06 3:54pmMessage 1 of 7
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Ron 78
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Boy,Talk about your wierd experiences,not too long ago,on the spinners thread I said mine never  come off.,We went out for a ride in the BABY today just driving down route 11 into Great Bend Pa.,I had my arm out the window just being "COOL" when all of a sudden the left front spinner and hub came off and hit me in the wrist scared the sh t out of me,then had to turn around and go back and get it,dont know why it decided to come off.So I was wrong they do come off occasionally

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Posted: 7/30/06 4:16pmMessage 2 of 7
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Wow, hope you're not hurt. You could have easily broken your wrist, or even worst, having one of the parts hit the windshield of another vehicle  
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Posted: 7/30/06 7:12pmMessage 3 of 7
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Ouch
But maybe if it hadn't hit you, you wouldn't have noticed it came off until you went to clean the wheel.
Hope it didn't get damaged.
Glad you're OK.
 
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Posted: 7/30/06 7:50pmMessage 4 of 7
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I had one fly off too.  I heard a metal hitting metal sound and then saw a chrome flash out of the corner of my eye.  Luckily it was next to a farm field that was freshly plowed.  It was glistening in the dirt when I went to look for it!
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Posted: 7/30/06 8:56pmMessage 5 of 7
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Never say Never, eh Ron?!?!
Glad you still have a hand...now keep it inside!!

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Posted: 7/31/06 5:10pmMessage 6 of 7
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Ya gotta keep yur arm out the winder,just a few minuts later I had to wave at another C3 going da udder way,sheesh

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Posted: 7/31/06 5:13pmMessage 7 of 7
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Ah told ya to put a little loctite on them thangs.... now yer gettin the picture!

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