Lug nut torque & warped rotors
01-10-2006, 05:33 PM
#91
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Re: Lug nut torque & warped rotors
that's a kind of severe shimmy !
Dave Milne, Scotland
'91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ
"FrankW" <fworm@norpak.ca> wrote in message
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> Quite a few years ago. When I picked up my 88YJ
> from the garage, after they replaced the wheel bearings
> and axle seals I jumped on the freeway blasting to the
> hunt camp to go fishing. When I felt a shimmy in the Jeep
> "What the heck was that" I wondered. Looking in the rear view
> mirror I could see one of my rear tires and axle bouncing
> on the road behind me. Scared the heck outa me. Sure glad
> no one was behind me. Mechanic told me they sent the wrong bearings
> I still wonder about that.
>
> Lee Ayrton wrote:
> > Hootowl wrote:
> >
> >> On Mon, 09 Jan 2006 03:05:18 GMT, "Spdloader"
> >> <askforit@nospam.triad.rr.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Costco "bothers" in order to keep the wheels from falling off and
> >>> getting sued. It happens more than you think. W/O's, (wheel offs)
> >>> were the number 2 problem with a vehicle with "mags" after a brake
> >>> job for comebacks, right behind brake squeal as complaints go for #1.
> >>
> >>
> >> Tell me about it! I had the left rear wheel come off my '80 lwb Dodge
> >> van in the wee hours one morning (it was loaded heavily with vending
> >> machine merchandise and had a full 36-gallon plastic tank to boot)
> >> after getting new tires. I found that the lug nuts had to torqued to
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> > Once upon a long farking time ago a car I was sitting in was hit by a
> > loose wheel. It was around midnight, my then-girlfriend was driving and
> > we'd pulled up to a stoplight in the little burg that we lived in. I
> > looked up the hill to our left and saw a tire and rim rolling down the
> > street -- no car, just a tire and rim. It must have hit a bit of gravel
> > or something because it hooked right and clipped her car just forward of
> > the front wheel, making a honkin huge dent in the fender.
> >
> > Driving up the hill we came upon a dazed guy leaning on his car in the
> > middle of the street, the left front of the car was leaning on the
> > ground where his tire and rim should have been. It was a good half mile
> > from where his last lug nut fell off to where the tire hit us. The cops
> > had a good laugh about it.
>
Dave Milne, Scotland
'91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ
"FrankW" <fworm@norpak.ca> wrote in message
news:t-GdnRHa6NMpeV7eRVn-jA@magma.ca...
> Quite a few years ago. When I picked up my 88YJ
> from the garage, after they replaced the wheel bearings
> and axle seals I jumped on the freeway blasting to the
> hunt camp to go fishing. When I felt a shimmy in the Jeep
> "What the heck was that" I wondered. Looking in the rear view
> mirror I could see one of my rear tires and axle bouncing
> on the road behind me. Scared the heck outa me. Sure glad
> no one was behind me. Mechanic told me they sent the wrong bearings
> I still wonder about that.
>
> Lee Ayrton wrote:
> > Hootowl wrote:
> >
> >> On Mon, 09 Jan 2006 03:05:18 GMT, "Spdloader"
> >> <askforit@nospam.triad.rr.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Costco "bothers" in order to keep the wheels from falling off and
> >>> getting sued. It happens more than you think. W/O's, (wheel offs)
> >>> were the number 2 problem with a vehicle with "mags" after a brake
> >>> job for comebacks, right behind brake squeal as complaints go for #1.
> >>
> >>
> >> Tell me about it! I had the left rear wheel come off my '80 lwb Dodge
> >> van in the wee hours one morning (it was loaded heavily with vending
> >> machine merchandise and had a full 36-gallon plastic tank to boot)
> >> after getting new tires. I found that the lug nuts had to torqued to
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> > Once upon a long farking time ago a car I was sitting in was hit by a
> > loose wheel. It was around midnight, my then-girlfriend was driving and
> > we'd pulled up to a stoplight in the little burg that we lived in. I
> > looked up the hill to our left and saw a tire and rim rolling down the
> > street -- no car, just a tire and rim. It must have hit a bit of gravel
> > or something because it hooked right and clipped her car just forward of
> > the front wheel, making a honkin huge dent in the fender.
> >
> > Driving up the hill we came upon a dazed guy leaning on his car in the
> > middle of the street, the left front of the car was leaning on the
> > ground where his tire and rim should have been. It was a good half mile
> > from where his last lug nut fell off to where the tire hit us. The cops
> > had a good laugh about it.
>
01-11-2006, 12:15 AM
#92
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Re: Lug nut torque & warped rotors
On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 16:41:12 UTC Lee Ayrton <layrton@panix.com> wrote:
> [snip]
>
> Once upon a long farking time ago a car I was sitting in was hit by a
> loose wheel. It was around midnight, my then-girlfriend was driving and
> we'd pulled up to a stoplight in the little burg that we lived in. I
> looked up the hill to our left and saw a tire and rim rolling down the
> street -- no car, just a tire and rim. It must have hit a bit of gravel
> or something because it hooked right and clipped her car just forward of
> the front wheel, making a honkin huge dent in the fender.
>
> Driving up the hill we came upon a dazed guy leaning on his car in the
> middle of the street, the left front of the car was leaning on the
> ground where his tire and rim should have been. It was a good half mile
> from where his last lug nut fell off to where the tire hit us. The cops
> had a good laugh about it.
I can recall at least three separate occasions over the last dozen
years in this town alone where a lost wheel on the freeway resulted in
fatal injuries to occupants of oncoming cars and numerous demolition
derbies iniitiated by the same villian. Loose wheels just don't seem
funny to me anymore - although the look on the face of your girl's
father was probably well worth a picture! "But Dad, here I was and
..."
--
Will Honea
> [snip]
>
> Once upon a long farking time ago a car I was sitting in was hit by a
> loose wheel. It was around midnight, my then-girlfriend was driving and
> we'd pulled up to a stoplight in the little burg that we lived in. I
> looked up the hill to our left and saw a tire and rim rolling down the
> street -- no car, just a tire and rim. It must have hit a bit of gravel
> or something because it hooked right and clipped her car just forward of
> the front wheel, making a honkin huge dent in the fender.
>
> Driving up the hill we came upon a dazed guy leaning on his car in the
> middle of the street, the left front of the car was leaning on the
> ground where his tire and rim should have been. It was a good half mile
> from where his last lug nut fell off to where the tire hit us. The cops
> had a good laugh about it.
I can recall at least three separate occasions over the last dozen
years in this town alone where a lost wheel on the freeway resulted in
fatal injuries to occupants of oncoming cars and numerous demolition
derbies iniitiated by the same villian. Loose wheels just don't seem
funny to me anymore - although the look on the face of your girl's
father was probably well worth a picture! "But Dad, here I was and
..."
--
Will Honea
01-11-2006, 12:15 AM
#93
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Re: Lug nut torque & warped rotors
On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 16:41:12 UTC Lee Ayrton <layrton@panix.com> wrote:
> [snip]
>
> Once upon a long farking time ago a car I was sitting in was hit by a
> loose wheel. It was around midnight, my then-girlfriend was driving and
> we'd pulled up to a stoplight in the little burg that we lived in. I
> looked up the hill to our left and saw a tire and rim rolling down the
> street -- no car, just a tire and rim. It must have hit a bit of gravel
> or something because it hooked right and clipped her car just forward of
> the front wheel, making a honkin huge dent in the fender.
>
> Driving up the hill we came upon a dazed guy leaning on his car in the
> middle of the street, the left front of the car was leaning on the
> ground where his tire and rim should have been. It was a good half mile
> from where his last lug nut fell off to where the tire hit us. The cops
> had a good laugh about it.
I can recall at least three separate occasions over the last dozen
years in this town alone where a lost wheel on the freeway resulted in
fatal injuries to occupants of oncoming cars and numerous demolition
derbies iniitiated by the same villian. Loose wheels just don't seem
funny to me anymore - although the look on the face of your girl's
father was probably well worth a picture! "But Dad, here I was and
..."
--
Will Honea
> [snip]
>
> Once upon a long farking time ago a car I was sitting in was hit by a
> loose wheel. It was around midnight, my then-girlfriend was driving and
> we'd pulled up to a stoplight in the little burg that we lived in. I
> looked up the hill to our left and saw a tire and rim rolling down the
> street -- no car, just a tire and rim. It must have hit a bit of gravel
> or something because it hooked right and clipped her car just forward of
> the front wheel, making a honkin huge dent in the fender.
>
> Driving up the hill we came upon a dazed guy leaning on his car in the
> middle of the street, the left front of the car was leaning on the
> ground where his tire and rim should have been. It was a good half mile
> from where his last lug nut fell off to where the tire hit us. The cops
> had a good laugh about it.
I can recall at least three separate occasions over the last dozen
years in this town alone where a lost wheel on the freeway resulted in
fatal injuries to occupants of oncoming cars and numerous demolition
derbies iniitiated by the same villian. Loose wheels just don't seem
funny to me anymore - although the look on the face of your girl's
father was probably well worth a picture! "But Dad, here I was and
..."
--
Will Honea
01-11-2006, 12:15 AM
#94
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Re: Lug nut torque & warped rotors
On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 16:41:12 UTC Lee Ayrton <layrton@panix.com> wrote:
> [snip]
>
> Once upon a long farking time ago a car I was sitting in was hit by a
> loose wheel. It was around midnight, my then-girlfriend was driving and
> we'd pulled up to a stoplight in the little burg that we lived in. I
> looked up the hill to our left and saw a tire and rim rolling down the
> street -- no car, just a tire and rim. It must have hit a bit of gravel
> or something because it hooked right and clipped her car just forward of
> the front wheel, making a honkin huge dent in the fender.
>
> Driving up the hill we came upon a dazed guy leaning on his car in the
> middle of the street, the left front of the car was leaning on the
> ground where his tire and rim should have been. It was a good half mile
> from where his last lug nut fell off to where the tire hit us. The cops
> had a good laugh about it.
I can recall at least three separate occasions over the last dozen
years in this town alone where a lost wheel on the freeway resulted in
fatal injuries to occupants of oncoming cars and numerous demolition
derbies iniitiated by the same villian. Loose wheels just don't seem
funny to me anymore - although the look on the face of your girl's
father was probably well worth a picture! "But Dad, here I was and
..."
--
Will Honea
> [snip]
>
> Once upon a long farking time ago a car I was sitting in was hit by a
> loose wheel. It was around midnight, my then-girlfriend was driving and
> we'd pulled up to a stoplight in the little burg that we lived in. I
> looked up the hill to our left and saw a tire and rim rolling down the
> street -- no car, just a tire and rim. It must have hit a bit of gravel
> or something because it hooked right and clipped her car just forward of
> the front wheel, making a honkin huge dent in the fender.
>
> Driving up the hill we came upon a dazed guy leaning on his car in the
> middle of the street, the left front of the car was leaning on the
> ground where his tire and rim should have been. It was a good half mile
> from where his last lug nut fell off to where the tire hit us. The cops
> had a good laugh about it.
I can recall at least three separate occasions over the last dozen
years in this town alone where a lost wheel on the freeway resulted in
fatal injuries to occupants of oncoming cars and numerous demolition
derbies iniitiated by the same villian. Loose wheels just don't seem
funny to me anymore - although the look on the face of your girl's
father was probably well worth a picture! "But Dad, here I was and
..."
--
Will Honea
01-11-2006, 12:45 AM
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Re: Lug nut torque & warped rotors
Ditto!
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Will Honea wrote:
>
> I can recall at least three separate occasions over the last dozen
> years in this town alone where a lost wheel on the freeway resulted in
> fatal injuries to occupants of oncoming cars and numerous demolition
> derbies iniitiated by the same villian. Loose wheels just don't seem
> funny to me anymore - although the look on the face of your girl's
> father was probably well worth a picture! "But Dad, here I was and
> .."
> --
> Will Honea
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Will Honea wrote:
>
> I can recall at least three separate occasions over the last dozen
> years in this town alone where a lost wheel on the freeway resulted in
> fatal injuries to occupants of oncoming cars and numerous demolition
> derbies iniitiated by the same villian. Loose wheels just don't seem
> funny to me anymore - although the look on the face of your girl's
> father was probably well worth a picture! "But Dad, here I was and
> .."
> --
> Will Honea
01-11-2006, 12:45 AM
#96
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Re: Lug nut torque & warped rotors
Ditto!
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Will Honea wrote:
>
> I can recall at least three separate occasions over the last dozen
> years in this town alone where a lost wheel on the freeway resulted in
> fatal injuries to occupants of oncoming cars and numerous demolition
> derbies iniitiated by the same villian. Loose wheels just don't seem
> funny to me anymore - although the look on the face of your girl's
> father was probably well worth a picture! "But Dad, here I was and
> .."
> --
> Will Honea
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Will Honea wrote:
>
> I can recall at least three separate occasions over the last dozen
> years in this town alone where a lost wheel on the freeway resulted in
> fatal injuries to occupants of oncoming cars and numerous demolition
> derbies iniitiated by the same villian. Loose wheels just don't seem
> funny to me anymore - although the look on the face of your girl's
> father was probably well worth a picture! "But Dad, here I was and
> .."
> --
> Will Honea
01-11-2006, 12:45 AM
#97
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Re: Lug nut torque & warped rotors
Ditto!
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Will Honea wrote:
>
> I can recall at least three separate occasions over the last dozen
> years in this town alone where a lost wheel on the freeway resulted in
> fatal injuries to occupants of oncoming cars and numerous demolition
> derbies iniitiated by the same villian. Loose wheels just don't seem
> funny to me anymore - although the look on the face of your girl's
> father was probably well worth a picture! "But Dad, here I was and
> .."
> --
> Will Honea
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Will Honea wrote:
>
> I can recall at least three separate occasions over the last dozen
> years in this town alone where a lost wheel on the freeway resulted in
> fatal injuries to occupants of oncoming cars and numerous demolition
> derbies iniitiated by the same villian. Loose wheels just don't seem
> funny to me anymore - although the look on the face of your girl's
> father was probably well worth a picture! "But Dad, here I was and
> .."
> --
> Will Honea
01-11-2006, 10:00 AM
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Re: Lug nut torque & warped rotors
If they are all in the same town I'm guessing the same shop worked on all
three vehicles.
Years ago I had some brake work done, driving home and I heard a popping
noise. Pried off the hubcap and one of the lugnuts fell on the ground, it
was boucing around like a pair of tennis shoes in a dryer while I was
driving. Now I always double-check my lugnut torque if anyone besides me
removes the wheels. You'd think every shop would take the extra two minutes
to make sure they attach the wheels correctly, but the world is full of
stupid people...
"Will Honea" <whonea@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:JxX2tWiP5BNp-pn2-dQ0dd4OwwKPB@anon.none.net...
> On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 16:41:12 UTC Lee Ayrton <layrton@panix.com> wrote:
>
> I can recall at least three separate occasions over the last dozen
> years in this town alone where a lost wheel on the freeway resulted in
> fatal injuries to occupants of oncoming cars and numerous demolition
> derbies iniitiated by the same villian. Loose wheels just don't seem
> funny to me anymore - although the look on the face of your girl's
> father was probably well worth a picture! "But Dad, here I was and
> .."
> --
> Will Honea
three vehicles.
Years ago I had some brake work done, driving home and I heard a popping
noise. Pried off the hubcap and one of the lugnuts fell on the ground, it
was boucing around like a pair of tennis shoes in a dryer while I was
driving. Now I always double-check my lugnut torque if anyone besides me
removes the wheels. You'd think every shop would take the extra two minutes
to make sure they attach the wheels correctly, but the world is full of
stupid people...
"Will Honea" <whonea@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:JxX2tWiP5BNp-pn2-dQ0dd4OwwKPB@anon.none.net...
> On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 16:41:12 UTC Lee Ayrton <layrton@panix.com> wrote:
>
> I can recall at least three separate occasions over the last dozen
> years in this town alone where a lost wheel on the freeway resulted in
> fatal injuries to occupants of oncoming cars and numerous demolition
> derbies iniitiated by the same villian. Loose wheels just don't seem
> funny to me anymore - although the look on the face of your girl's
> father was probably well worth a picture! "But Dad, here I was and
> .."
> --
> Will Honea
01-11-2006, 10:00 AM
#99
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Re: Lug nut torque & warped rotors
If they are all in the same town I'm guessing the same shop worked on all
three vehicles.
Years ago I had some brake work done, driving home and I heard a popping
noise. Pried off the hubcap and one of the lugnuts fell on the ground, it
was boucing around like a pair of tennis shoes in a dryer while I was
driving. Now I always double-check my lugnut torque if anyone besides me
removes the wheels. You'd think every shop would take the extra two minutes
to make sure they attach the wheels correctly, but the world is full of
stupid people...
"Will Honea" <whonea@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:JxX2tWiP5BNp-pn2-dQ0dd4OwwKPB@anon.none.net...
> On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 16:41:12 UTC Lee Ayrton <layrton@panix.com> wrote:
>
> I can recall at least three separate occasions over the last dozen
> years in this town alone where a lost wheel on the freeway resulted in
> fatal injuries to occupants of oncoming cars and numerous demolition
> derbies iniitiated by the same villian. Loose wheels just don't seem
> funny to me anymore - although the look on the face of your girl's
> father was probably well worth a picture! "But Dad, here I was and
> .."
> --
> Will Honea
three vehicles.
Years ago I had some brake work done, driving home and I heard a popping
noise. Pried off the hubcap and one of the lugnuts fell on the ground, it
was boucing around like a pair of tennis shoes in a dryer while I was
driving. Now I always double-check my lugnut torque if anyone besides me
removes the wheels. You'd think every shop would take the extra two minutes
to make sure they attach the wheels correctly, but the world is full of
stupid people...
"Will Honea" <whonea@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:JxX2tWiP5BNp-pn2-dQ0dd4OwwKPB@anon.none.net...
> On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 16:41:12 UTC Lee Ayrton <layrton@panix.com> wrote:
>
> I can recall at least three separate occasions over the last dozen
> years in this town alone where a lost wheel on the freeway resulted in
> fatal injuries to occupants of oncoming cars and numerous demolition
> derbies iniitiated by the same villian. Loose wheels just don't seem
> funny to me anymore - although the look on the face of your girl's
> father was probably well worth a picture! "But Dad, here I was and
> .."
> --
> Will Honea
01-11-2006, 10:00 AM
#100
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Re: Lug nut torque & warped rotors
If they are all in the same town I'm guessing the same shop worked on all
three vehicles.
Years ago I had some brake work done, driving home and I heard a popping
noise. Pried off the hubcap and one of the lugnuts fell on the ground, it
was boucing around like a pair of tennis shoes in a dryer while I was
driving. Now I always double-check my lugnut torque if anyone besides me
removes the wheels. You'd think every shop would take the extra two minutes
to make sure they attach the wheels correctly, but the world is full of
stupid people...
"Will Honea" <whonea@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:JxX2tWiP5BNp-pn2-dQ0dd4OwwKPB@anon.none.net...
> On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 16:41:12 UTC Lee Ayrton <layrton@panix.com> wrote:
>
> I can recall at least three separate occasions over the last dozen
> years in this town alone where a lost wheel on the freeway resulted in
> fatal injuries to occupants of oncoming cars and numerous demolition
> derbies iniitiated by the same villian. Loose wheels just don't seem
> funny to me anymore - although the look on the face of your girl's
> father was probably well worth a picture! "But Dad, here I was and
> .."
> --
> Will Honea
three vehicles.
Years ago I had some brake work done, driving home and I heard a popping
noise. Pried off the hubcap and one of the lugnuts fell on the ground, it
was boucing around like a pair of tennis shoes in a dryer while I was
driving. Now I always double-check my lugnut torque if anyone besides me
removes the wheels. You'd think every shop would take the extra two minutes
to make sure they attach the wheels correctly, but the world is full of
stupid people...
"Will Honea" <whonea@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:JxX2tWiP5BNp-pn2-dQ0dd4OwwKPB@anon.none.net...
> On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 16:41:12 UTC Lee Ayrton <layrton@panix.com> wrote:
>
> I can recall at least three separate occasions over the last dozen
> years in this town alone where a lost wheel on the freeway resulted in
> fatal injuries to occupants of oncoming cars and numerous demolition
> derbies iniitiated by the same villian. Loose wheels just don't seem
> funny to me anymore - although the look on the face of your girl's
> father was probably well worth a picture! "But Dad, here I was and
> .."
> --
> Will Honea