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Well I'm returning to this thread feeling a wee bit sheepish - but there are lessons here so it's good to share!

Got the van back from the garage today - the wheel was loose.

It was the first thing I thought of [see my original post] and I not only checked the wheel nuts but had the wheel off, and then back on making sure the nuts were solid.

Symptoms persisted so thought I'd ruled that out.

The wheel hadn't been off the van since it was at the garage for MOT work in Nov. Somewhere along the line [seemingly] it's taken enough of a beating to get loose and enough crap has got in between the wheel and the hub to mean that even when I've tightened it all up again - the wheel's not sitting properly up against the hub - and so works its way loose again.

The wheel's been cleaned up and all's fine.

Tempting to wonder if they didn't tighten things properly back in November but I'd be very surprised if that's the case. They use impact guns and I've seen them double-checking these things.

I've done 3000 miles since then.

So a bit perplexing as to what's actually happened. Maybe there was some crap between the wheel & hub when they put it back together in November - but there were no symptoms of that until a couple of weeks back.

Ultimately it took someone who knew what they were doing to be able to see movement in the wheel. I failed to spot this.

I reckon the real giveaway here was how suddenly the noise appeared and how quickly it got worse. I doubt a CV joint would deteriorate that fast.

Kind of wish that I'd been able to suss this myself - but glad I parked the van up for the last week and didn't use it.

Anyway - kidneys intact! Onwards .......

Well fair enough - but as you've probably sussed by now I'm not that mechanically minded - and it's been feckin freezin out there recently!

I did have the wheel off at one point to have a nosey but only had a minimal poke about. I really have very little understanding of what's going on behind a wheel.

It's booked in at the garage so really I just wanted to know if the symptoms rang a bell with anyone so I might have a better idea what to expect.

Maybe I'll take another look ..

That sounds like a possibility Joe.

Is that a case of replacing the whole drive shaft?

If so - anyone any idea what kind of pain I'm going to feel when the garage price this up?

Parts look reasonable - but how big a job?

Interesting!

Think I'm right in saying the facelift models stopped production in Dec 2006 but could obviously have been first registered in 2007 [don't think I've see one mind] - but how a pre-facelift could pop up as an 07 I'm not sure.

Theories:

- Amateur crim makes fake plates for a job
- Facelift owner prefers pre-facelift look and swaps grill etc

Do you know what you saw that made you ID it as pre-facelift?

Aah what a crap welcome home!

Hope you get it all sorted out - keep us posted ....

Welcome .. and wow! - great work MRE.

This reminds me of when, after a year or so of not working at all, my fan came on suddenly at full blast while driving through Glasgow and I got showered with with debris and dead flies!

Had to pull over and sort it out. What a mess!

I did eventually take the blower out and replaced the resistor. Such a joy to have warm air on tap again!

LOL

Well thing is I've only been down this way for three and a half years and most of my nights away in the van are in the forest or the towns.

However .. a couple of places spring to mind and should be worth a nosey - you'd need to check with them on numbers / rules.

https://www.lochkenholidaypark.co.uk/ [right click & Open In New Tab!]

Loch Ken Holiday Park is just down the road from where I live. I've stayed there in a static when the family came to visit and it's really good. There's a big field for camping / vans and the facilities are decent.

Best of all it's all on the shores of Loch Ken which is pretty spectacular.

Nearest pub is about 4 miles along the A713.

https://www.glentroolcampingandcaravansite.co.uk/

Not stayed at this one and know less about the place - but it's right on the edge of Glentrool / Loch Trool which is a stunning spot.

Hotel / Pub is apparently 8 mins walk away: https://www.houseohill.co.uk/

Will shout if I think of anything else - other folks might have some ideas too I guess.

T

Aye indeed! Happy New Year folks! Hope it's a cracker!

Wow!

Good work ... What was the fix ... ?

Glad you got it sorted Tony - those relays have featured in quite a few of the feature-length problems on the forum this year! My own included.