Tire separated from axle
While traveling on I-95 North near the border of Georgia and South Carolina a vehicle pulled next to me and yelled out that I had lost a tire. I pulled to the shoulder and the passenger side first whe...
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discovery4us wrote:
I have also seen lug nuts cross threaded and ran down with a air gun. Will eventually cause studs to snap and tire and rim to go for a joy ride.
improperly used air guns (impacts) really make things worse. I typically find the lugs way too tight if just an impact was used, that's why they make torque wrenches. Just had to pull a wheel off the wife's Fusion, had to use a breaker bar and a cheater, brakes done at a very reputable shop too. always refreshing to see a tire shop use a torque wrench for final setting. Stretched lugs WILL fail.
