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Minacious 06-12-2007 02:29 PM

Don't over-tighten your lug nuts...
 
or this may be the result.

Watch and learn.

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.

TNT 06-13-2007 12:34 AM

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

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrmojo77
Quote:

Originally Posted by TNT
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

Quote:

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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