Just got back to the house after one hell of a crazy ride on the interstate... the dam Drivers Rear tire fell off! When you see your wheel flying past you going 70 you know something just went a tiny bit wrong!

All of us are safe... rear brake backing plate... well... not so much...

pics will be up tomorrow!

 

What caused this? Lug nuts work loose? Snap?

Philly's a bad place to lose a wheel, hard to drive with 4 wheels there let alone 3.

Glad your ok

 

Long story short... some punk slashed the tire last weekend and I replaced it with the spare... The lugs were TIGHT! It shimmied its way loose and then took off down the road faster than the truck!

 

How do you know it was some punk? Maybe it was some old man thinking YOU were some punk so he slashed your tires!

 

Disgruntled ex old lady???? That sucks dude. But glad no1 was hurt, and the damage to your rig not too bad.

 

omg, memories

dude that sucks; at least everyone's safe!


yeah pics on this one man; I'll show you mine if you show me yours lol

 

does insurance cover slashed tires?

 

huh.......

 

the main reason for a wheel to come off other than not having the lugs tight enough is the wheel not properly seated on the hub. You are from Phily so I would guess you have a fair amount of surface rust on the drum. Be sure to wire brush that to a good flat, clean surface before you ever put on the spare, if you can help it.

Glad you are okay and no one else got injured either.

 

pictures of wheel-falling-off carnage

where was your mind at

 

i feel your pain, when i went to put my truck on the trailer to bring it here from cali, i put the spare on (the old tire wouldn't hold air) and i didn't tighten them very good because i was thinking well it just needs to get on the trailer, well by the time i brought it here unloaded it and rebuilt the motor i had forgotten all about the loose lug nuts and took it for an test drive, then on my test drive i hit an ohv park. where i lost my front tire and crunched an fender in the process. live and learn i guess, now i make damn sure my lug nuts are tight after every time an tire goes on even if its not going to be on for long.

 

oh hell, I can't wait any longer...



here's my experience

 

now thats a good lesson iamsuperbleeder hahaa. i never torque my wheels because i dont have a torque wrench so i just tighten them with an impact or do them tight with a breaker bar. those two things are bad practices but i dont trust a spec of 67 ft/lbs for a lug nut

 

Awww, poor you..

Lol I know you were going to chime in on this one though..


OP, that sucks man, But glad your ok !

 

Yes yes I know. I was just making Broke Back Mountain jokes

 

I had taht happen once, lets just say, if when you hit the brakes, and it pulls to one side, it's not necessarily the brakes, had a busted ball joint, and it let loose on the passenger side at about 30, truck nose dived, the brand new brakes I had put on that day were no good anymore - ruined the bottom control arm, and brand new rotor. I was lucky to walk away, but it's a good story now And I always check my ball joints now as well;-)

 

Does the stock aluminum wheel use a lug nut with a shaft or shoulder? If so you can't use this jug nut on a steel wheel. Acorn lugs must be used for the original spare.
I don't know if this was you issue or not.

 

desertcamper, you are 100% correct...

 

Absolutely; a great observation!

The steel wheels use tapered nuts & the alloy wheels use a flat nut w/washer; they should NEVER be interchanged~