Andy Levy <andylevy@yahoo.com> wrote:
: Rotated my tires with some help yesterday (back is messed up lately,
: can't chance the heavy lifting). We found that my left front wheel's
: lug nuts - all 6 of them - were barely tight. Took almost no force from
: the tire iron to remove them.
: Last time that I can remember taking that wheel off was when I put on my
: new shocks, back in September. I *know* I cranked them tight then. So
: now the question is - how did they come loose? The other 3 wheels were
: fine. I didn't use a torque wrench but I know they were on tight. Did
: someone screw with me in a parking lot? Did they just work loose?
: Could someone else (Jiffy Lube) have tampered with them?
: I drove several hundred miles with that wheel like that and well, now
: I'm a little nervous. At least it stayed on.
Andy, your story reminds me of a completely unrelated anecdote - Dakota
and I loosened up the lug nuts on the left front wheel of some guy's black
CC Dak at the BBQ, and neglected to tell anyone. We figured they'd get a
real bang out of it!
;-)
(Seriously, glad to hear you discovered the problem in time!)
---Jon-
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