View Full Version : Don't over-tighten your lug nuts...
Minacious
06-12-2007, 02:29 PM
or this may be the result.
Watch and learn. (http://www.teamjamoto.com/dixeregionpage.htm#v8301600)
dutchmasterflex
06-12-2007, 03:04 PM
Hahaha.. amazing how they all come off at the same time, almost as if it were a Hollywood stunt, but too bad that ain't true for the owner :lol:
I had a front left wheel fly off at the kart track due to the lack of tightening :oops:
ARMAN
06-12-2007, 03:34 PM
holy bolts :shock: that hurts
graywolf624
06-12-2007, 08:27 PM
I once had a wheel come off on the highway doing 75.. rusted studs in the wheels. Fun ride.. not.
ZfrkS62
06-12-2007, 10:53 PM
ouch. Street Modified class too. that's some stiff competition. He probably tightened it with his tire iron or breaker bar.
any idea where this was? plate almost looks like Florida but i can't tell for sure.
it almost seems like he didn't tighten them enough..... it looks like the axel bolts are still there.
sentra_dude
06-13-2007, 12:46 AM
Whatever happened to cause that, FUCK that sucks! Its pretty sucky that he some how managed to time it so all four wheels came off nearly simultaneously. :shock:
acmarttin
06-13-2007, 01:08 AM
Wow it was almost comical. Not for the owner of course. I thought that the axel bolts looked sheared off the left rear...but the video quality isn't good enough to be certain.
dutchmasterflex
06-14-2007, 01:38 PM
it almost seems like he didn't tighten them enough..... it looks like the axel bolts are still there.
I was looking at the same, but I thought the axel bolts were shorter than they should be.
They were looking for the nuts though from the asphalt. Why would they even do that, if the axel bolts were gone anyway?
Yeah it looked to me that they didn't tighten them enough.. which is why ALL 4 came off at the same time because the dude putting the wheels back on had noodle arms.
graywolf624
06-14-2007, 07:11 PM
Tightening your lug nuts wont cause your wheels to fall off. It will can cause other issues.
In this case though theres something else going along.. even an idiot wouldnt have all 4 come off at once. Some speculation leads me to believe they did not use the correct lug nuts.. Perhaps ones with the wrong pitch.
TopGearNL
06-14-2007, 07:15 PM
Thats gotta hurt.. :shock:
saadie
06-15-2007, 05:42 AM
soo that happens if you over tighten the nutts :| ....
i couldnt even imagine that hapenning :lol: . :shock: :shock: .
Minacious
06-15-2007, 09:54 AM
It looks like a combination of a number of things. Whatever it is something is wrong. If you look at the rear wheel it looks like the bolts got completely sheared off.
graywolf624
06-15-2007, 03:17 PM
soo that happens if you over tighten the nutts
Warped rotors are one possibility, wheel damage another. There are a few others I forget.
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