I assume barely tight ,,means snug but not so loose that the wheel was
loose. I would say I hope you are torquing the nuts to 90-100FT LBS. with a
good quality torque wrench..You must have not did that one wheel. Shit
Happens.. I am glad that the wheel did not come off, would have been really
Nasty.
----- Original Message -----
From: Andy Levy <andylevy@yahoo.com>
To: <dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net>
Sent: Monday, December 24, 2001 9:12 AM
Subject: DML: Almost lost my nuts!
> 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
>
>
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