06-12-2007, 01:50 PM
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If that were me,as soon as the wheels came off I would run and hide behind the nearest bush or tree possible cause that is embarrassing.
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06-12-2007, 02:42 PM
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I did some work on the brakes once, hand tightened the lugs, lowered the car and then my wife pulled up with a load of groceries. I carried in the groceries, encountered a few other distractions, then jumped in the car for a quick test drive. I got a few miles from the house and began to notice a wobble. I immediately knew what the problem was and pulled over. To add insult to stupidity, the torque wrench, lug wrench and cell phone were sitting in my driveway... a few miles away! 
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06-12-2007, 03:02 PM
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Location: San Carlos, CA 94070
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stupidity or practical joke?
Let me play Sherlock Holmes here:
So you drive to the Auto-X on street tires but change to racing tires there.
You untighten the nuts and jack up the car. Street wheels off, race wheels on.
Now you hand-tighten the nuts, lower the car, take your torque wrench and finish the job.
IF you would put the nuts on that loosely that they fall off after a few feet you would IMMEDIATELY notice it when lowering the car, as the whole wheel would tilt - right? And we are talking ALL FOUR WHEELS here. So your immediate reaction would be to jack up the car again, and hand-tighten the nut. The chances that this happens to you on all 4 wheels - impossible.
So IMHO there is NO WAY that the guy forgot to tighten the nuts, someone played a practical joke on him.
Now let's start the discussion how bad you have to behave at an Auto-X so that you motivate other folks to do that to you.....
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06-12-2007, 03:14 PM
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I just watched it again. 
I bet he said, "Hey, that wheel looks just like the ones I have", when the wheel flew past him!
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06-12-2007, 03:25 PM
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Quote:
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Originally Posted by bmussatti
I bet he said, "Hey, that wheel looks just like the ones I have", when the wheel flew past him!
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LOL
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06-12-2007, 03:32 PM
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Wow...the sound of the car hitting the ground is nerve wracking. All four...if it were my car I'd be convinced someone did it to me!!!!!!!!!
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06-12-2007, 03:52 PM
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Lmao!!! :d
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06-12-2007, 04:58 PM
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Ok, to shed some light on what supposedly happened; another forum I frequent also hosts the Dixie Region forum and word is:
"He bought lug nuts by telling merchant what car, wheel, etc. Apparently they had the wrong threading. He could torque them to 80lbs and all seemed fine, right up until..." well, you know.
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06-12-2007, 05:13 PM
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I would think that if incorrect lugnuts were the cause... even if he could have torqued them on, the wheels would have had to be VERY loose to suffer that catastrophically, and that quickly.
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