Hi All,
An older mate of mine just rung to say he nearly lost his Audi the other day when the rear wheel came off! *Luckily* he was only doing about 40 mph and it was wet (allowing him to skid rather than maybe roll over?) but he seemed to suggest the offside rear hub has always been an 'issue' and back in January had a new set of bearings fitted.
It appears the large nut had stripped (so the wheel came off attached to the hub). Is this something common to some Audi's (I think it might be an 80?).
*Unluckily*, the errant wheel was hit by an oncoming 2 year old Honda and possibly wrote the thing off (wheel went underneath and ripped one of the front wheels off and underneath the car). The airbags deployed in the Honda and the driver was unhurt and 'ok' about it all (under the circumstances etc).4 of them looked for the wheel but after some time gave up!
All the best ..
T i m