This truck was towed into SMA over the weekend. The owner had a flat tire and had someone assist him in changing the flat. Evidently the "torque to spec" part of the process was skipped... Remember to double check your lug nuts after replacing a flat.
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Hitching a ride home about 20 yrs ago, I got in an old mini and we had traveled less than 5km's when the right rear of the car gracefully sagged down while the wheel overtook us at high speed and rolled off into the sunset, never to be seen again.
I had to lift the car by hand while the university teacher put the spare on with one nut from each of the remaining wheels. (yes the guy really was a uni teacher).
True story.
Pretty crusty wheel.
Sorry I am so late to comment. There are dozens of compilation videos on YouTube of wheels flying down the road after coming off cars & trucks. Not a good thing.
This happened to my mom after having the dealer rotate the tires during a service. She drove the 60 miles home and thought something didn't feel right. Local tire shop put the spare on for her – the studs were okay, but the aluminum wheel was trashed. The dealer admitted that they had made a mistake without making a fuss, and replaced the rim and tire. Mistakes happen, but when the shop takes responsibility it's a lot easier to forgive. She kept going there until she moved to a different state.
My car has 4 lug bolt . 2 are broken . can we still drive the car with only 2 on it ?
It'll buff out…
deee`s nuts…lol
Jacob Mashoe should learn from this.
I bet an aluminum rim would have been even more fun!
There's a tire store down the street from where I work. One day they got in a rush on the last job of the day and either forgot to torque the lug nuts to spec or didn't put the lug nuts back on. well, the front wheel came flying off in front of our shop at about 50mph. it scared the absolute shit out of me, the wheel destroyed the chain link fence infront of the shop
just had loose nuts on rear tire i tighten, also can anyone help me with some heat and ac issues?
when I give it gas my ac goes from the front vents to the floor vents then let off the gas an back to front vents, also my heat only seems to work on front vents and not on defrost can anyone please help me figure this out?
This is best case scenario for leaving your lug nuts loose…
I havent had the wheels off my car in over 6 years,, I think they are tight
Lug Nuts are so over rated
little panther piss and brake clean – it'll buff right out
yikes
Hey Eric, since u put a new rotor on the drivers side, shouldnt u put a new rotor on the passenger side to balance out the brake feel and pull?]…just so it doesnt pull to the drivers side when the brakes are applied?
I had my tires rotated at a shop, they didn't tighten my lugs enough and my rear tire came off!! It happened just as I was getting on the highway ramp. Checked the other 3 tires, ALL the lug nuts were loose.
Man you got be nuts to drive with loose nuts, that's just a nutty thing to do ! Glad my nuts are tight , always check them ..and don't forget to cough !
That was a HIM that needed some to assist hi in changing his flat, and they still got it wrong?
Not much of a HIM.
My lug nuts were loose once and it snapped the studs and my wheel came off the car at 70mph. Wheel rolled into the bushes and my rotor and ball joint got ground down 3 inches.
Jeez that's one rusty wheel! I'd be afraid it would've disintegrated 😉
😮😮😮😮😬😎
Thank you for the tip Eric-o👍
mud ice etc on back side needs to be reomoved too
R2D2???
No need to take this baby out for a little shimmy.
What did Mrs O say about all them busted nuts? 😉
WTF!?!
!!! kin hell !!! did they drive to your shop like that?
Loose nuts are nasty.
and it´s so hard to notice because you just get an unbalance that rips the steering wheel out of you hands and a clunking sound louder than your radio… people like this should be taken their driver license away
must have been going on for a while the rattling and wheel shake. what was he thinking? roadkill stuck to the ball joint?
It amazes me that whoever owns that car did not realize that the wheel was loose and let it get that bad.
lots of funny things I could say about nuts but I think I just better show Steven this see what he thinks he's quite nutty
lol yup. A tire shop installed a tire on my truck. I left the shop, got on the interstate. 70mph and bam, there went my wheel, passing me up. Luckily, I was able to control the truck even though it was the driver side front wheel. Crushed my fender, not to mention the 2 mile walk I had to take in order to get my wheel and roll it back to my truck.
What should lug nuts be torqued too?
Why all the Scotty Kilmer/ETCG hate?
Definitely NOT torqued to factory specs…
And if I can do it … you can do it. LOL
That had to be making noise! If you hear a wierd noise down there, check your nuts!! The spare looked shot anyway. Oh and the studs and the rotor.
My sister had that happen to her wheel after a shop changed her tires. They had to buy her a new wheel.
I was expecting more NASCAR jokes in the comments.
seen it done with the taper facing out
I can see the people on the side of the road changing the tire…
"Hey you gotta lug wrench for this? Mine doesn't fit."
"Nah, we'll just use my multi-tool. It's got pliers."
i'm guessing it WAS tightened, but the major rust scale then crumbled and broke away and then the wheel became loose. Been there,done/seen it. I occasionally do AAA calls and if a spare wheel/tire is rusty, we wont mount it. If it comes off its our baby to fix the damage. just say no to rusty wheels!!
Do an Eric the Car Guy thing………..just weld it on.
Put A Plug In It That'll Fix Her
I had 4 new tires mounted at my local tire shop. I got about 100 feet and heard a noise, and at that time the front pass.side tire/ wheel came off my vehicle. The Tire shop neglected to tighten the lug nuts. The damage to my fender was over a $1,00.00 bucks.
The worker who installed the tires swore up and down he checked all 4 wheels several times. The point is, always watch these guys because sometimes they get distracted and forget. This time I forgot to check his work, also this tire shop has different employees that come and go.