Re: Almost lost my nuts!

From: Andy Levy (andylevy@yahoo.com)
Date: Tue Dec 25 2001 - 00:40:22 EST


Don't think my driving is anything like yours. My Dak's never been near
an AutoX, much less driven *in* one.

Jayson Woodruff wrote:

> For me the left front wheel gets the most lateral force (that's my most worn
> tire). It's from 1.) being heavier in front, and 2.) right hand turns tend
> to be taken harder than lefts.
>
> So if you like me, they probably just worked loose. I snug up my wheels,
> drive ~50miles, re-snug (sometimes they are loose), then check them at every
> 1K.
>
> Jay W
>
> Andy Levy 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
>>
>



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