Re: Almost lost my nuts!

From: Bob Tom (tigers@bserv.com)
Date: Mon Dec 24 2001 - 14:55:16 EST


At 12:12 PM 12/24/01 -0500, you 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

Any BIG squirrels around your place :-)

Glad you caught them in time. Hope you get a torque wrench from Santa.

Have a Merry Christmas
Bob



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