Check before it's too late
Just decided to check the lug nuts on our TT we purchased last fall. Got the trusty 4-way lug wrench out of my truck and realized the walls on it are too thick to fit on the nut with enough clearance ...
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Turtle n Peeps wrote:
Man, I live dangerously according to this thread!
Me, too. But then, in my 60 years (more or less) of driving, I have actually had the "doom and gloom" scenario happen. Twice.
The left front wheel fell off of a 1941 Chevy, at low speed, in town (1958). Luckily, no damage (other than a cracked brake drum), and no injuries.
Then, many years later (about 1985), the left rear wheel came loose on a Dodge pickup, but did not fall off. I tightened it up as best I could, then went to the NAPA store in the next town, bought new wheel studs and nuts, and replaced them right there in front of the store.
Both of those wheels were installed by a tire shop, not by me. After I reinstalled them, no more problems.
The only time I have ever used a torque wrench (properly calibrated) was on the aluminum wheels on AMC Eagles.
