little truck trouble
 

oops!!!!!

I swear the damn lugs were tight as ****! I hit em with the gun and checked em by hand damnit!!!!

seriously i have no idea what happned they were fine and then there was wobble and the wheel went flying!!!!!!!! Ran down the road after teh wheel (afte rteh truck parked itself) pickuped up eth lugs jacked her up and put it back on. Still trying to figure out how 6 tight lugs backed off.

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Ouch,I always retorque with a torque wrench . I had a aluminum wheel almost come off once .Puder It could of been worse:eek:

I heard of a guy killed a few years ago when a tire/rim from an oncoming vehicle came off and through his windshield. Someone was looking over you!

could be worse

yes it could :(

how about loosing both right side wheels on a tandem trailer going north through Ga on Christmass morning :(
27' boat running 75mph
by the time I got it stopped and moved across 3 lanes of traffic the disk rotors where half gone :(
we think someon tried to steal the rims due to I already had over 400 miles in tow from FL

Worse things about rims is if you do not have them seated properly and totally flat you can actually torque them tight but uneven. Main reason to start the proper criss cross pattern

Was driving the Pennsylvania Turnpike at 65 mph, passing a station wagon in the right lane.
The left rear wheel on the wagon started to wobble, then just as I hit the brakes to keep back the tire and wheel shot out from under the car. It hit the center guard rail, took off into the air, and passed completely over the opposite three lanes of traffic then down a 50' embankment. All five studs had sheared off.

looks a little hard on the rotors:)

I pulled into a dealership one day for some parts and just happened to notice that one wheel was actually missing some lug nuts. I never really pay attention to the nuts so why I noticed this is a mystery to me. I'm pretty sure that these nuts just didn't fall off by themselves either-they were helped.

Looks like you got an EX out to get you!

my dad and I were driving down i71 when I was a kid in his old Beetle when the front tire came off, The car balanced (rear engine) and the front drum never touched the ground till right before we came to a stop. He opened the door and the tire rolled right up to the car. I wouldn't believe it if I didn't see i myself. tires will always fall off the left side. The centrifugal force loosens that side.

Puder
 

With Aluminum wheels you need to retorque after 100 miles. The older style wheels have softer alum. and it causes the lugs to back off after it compresses.

This is one reason why NASCAR uses steel wheels.

Wannabe

That's happened to me before but it was because the dumba$$ that replaced my tires forgot to tighten the lug nuts. You are very lucky. If you tightened them, and are positive that they were tight, I suspect foul play. I think we should get Troutly involved so that a full investigation can be made into this matter. :D

"Puder, honey, is it supposed to be this soft?" -Babs, Animal House, 1978

Damn Pit Crew!!!

:D:D:D

I think he was just trying to 'shave' some weight off the truck, and he got the bright idea for a quick and easy way to take some material off the rotors. :D

hahah
actually i though i cut could down on rotating mass by removing half of teh lugs. 3 is enough!!!!

I had one fly off the boat trailer once at about 60mph, on a two lane road. Someone had loosened the lugs on both wheels on that side. It actually sheered off all five studs. These were aluminum rims, and I thought about them loosening themselves, but this was only a few miles from the ramp when this happened, and I came to find out some of my adversaries from back in IJSBA racing days got ahold of the lugs and backed them off. We were very lucky not to have killed someone. CheckmateF1 and I took the drum to Pep Boys and were back on the road it 2 hours.

Also, once on my crotch-rocket, I saw the wheel/tire of a crane (big industrial crane, wheel/tire was about 4 feet tall, 18 inches wide) come loose on the 495 Beltway. The wheel/tire hit the jersey wall at probably 50-60mph, flew straight up into the air, and over my direction of traffic, pretty much over my head, and off the other side of the Potomac River American Legion Bridge down about 100 feet.

Hmmmm.....wheels of misfortune!

One time my friend's car got stolen out of his driveway while he was doing a Brake job!!! We ran out of daylight and were going to finish in the morning. We wanted to leave the front end up and on the jack stands, but his Dad made us put the wheels back on the car "just in case it fell because there are always kids around" So we did put them on the car and put the Lug nut's on finger tight and still left it jacked up!! Well that night it got stolen and they backed it off the Jack stands and got over 70 miles away before one of the wheels fell off!! (They were Steel Wheels)

That was over 10 years ago and I still can't believe it!!

Puder,

Consider yourself lucky you weren't hurt. I used to work at a Ford Dealership and saw many a cars being towed in for wheels falling off. Most people weren't as lucky as you were.
Merry Christmas

I've had wheels come loose on several vehicles. Some torques by tire stores, some by friends, some by dealerships.

ALWAYS tighten in a cross pattern, just like you should anything with lots of fasteners. And go "lightly snug" first pass. Then tighten in three passes.

If you use a speed gun, then make a light pass followed by a tight pass. (in a cross pattern).

Some styles of lugs have a step, and wont' self-center. Others are self centering, but if worn can still sit on a worn step.

Saw a 71 BigBlock Vette come back in a tire store with one whole side torn off, the rear rotor eat up, the bottom of the car ground up and generally a big mess - all cause the kid used a speed wrench and didn't cross pattern.

Aftermarket aluminum wheels WILL need a retorque.

I do retorque all of my wheels at home after a balancing job, etc..

I learned this the hard way. When I was about 20 I got a brand new set of Aluminum's and they didn't tell me to check them after 100 miles...until it was too late. I was on my way back to college and heard the lug nuts start ringing off. Needless to say by the 2nd one I realized what was happening. I got off of I-85 just in time...furtunately there was minimal rotor damage :crazy:

I use a torque wrench when I change or replace wheels. Call it overkill but I have`nt lost one yet.
Lug nuts are a critical fastener and have a torque specification. Under tightening is bad and over tightening can cause failure as well. Usually people with lug nut problems will have hitch ball problems also.