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So I had a little adventure on the highway last week. I was driving north on I-25 just south of Arapahoe minding my own business when the left front tire on my wrangler decided to part ways with the rest of the vehicle. I was in the second to the right lane and going about 55mpg when it happened. Luckily I got to the right hand curb w/o hitting anyone and it doesn’t appear my rogue tire hit anyone as well.
The Good Lord sure was looking out for me. Plus insurance is going to cover the damage.
http://i1240.photobucket.com/albums/gg482/james_stewart2/IMG00011-20120523-1808.jpg
http://i1240.photobucket.com/albums/gg482/james_stewart2/IMG00008-20120523-1807.jpg
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Sounds fun.... not. Glad you're okay! I've seen a few bad accidents due to blowouts and the such.
El Caballo Loco
05-31-2012, 17:08
Lug nuts? Tire come apart?
Glad you're okay.
Lug nuts? Tire come apart?
Glad you're okay.
Lugs came off. Don't know why--back luck I guess.
lugs just came off? odd... stripped or unscrewed? Suppose those posts do look a bit beaten. did you piss anyone off lately?
glad nobody got hurt.
lugs just came off? odd... stripped or unscrewed? Suppose those posts do look a bit beaten. did you piss anyone off lately?
glad nobody got hurt.
Not that I can think of, but your the fourth person to ask me that...
WillysWagon
05-31-2012, 17:26
No recent tire rotation, tire change, front end alignment, etc ??
Bet you already checked the rest.
Glad it turned out as good as it did.
Pucker moment to say the least.
No recent tire rotation, tire change, front end alignment, etc ??
Bet you already checked the rest.
Glad it turned out as good as it did.
Pucker moment to say the least.
Me and a budy changed out the ball joints about 6 weeks ago. Could of been that but i don't think so. I'm pretty meticulous when I put lug nuts on. I do star pattern, use an impact wrench then check them with a breaker bar or torque wrench.
Tinelement
05-31-2012, 17:33
Lugs came off. Don't know why--back luck I guess.
Always always always check your shit if you have it done at a lube and tire place! (many on the list)
Glad everyone is ok.
SideShow Bob
05-31-2012, 17:48
Always always always check your shit if you have it done at a lube and tire place! (many on the list)
Glad everyone is ok.
Had local tire shop forget to tighten the lug nuts on a jeep that I once had, and this was after shelling out $600 + for a set of tires.
To the OP, it must have been beer-thirty when you put that wheel back on, or, there is someone that doesn't like that you pissed them off..
You should always recheck torque about 100 miles after rotation. Sucks for sure though. Glad nothing worse happened.
nisils14
05-31-2012, 18:17
... going about 55mpg when it happened.
Glad you're okay but in a jeep!? I'm impressed, what's your secret? :D
wctriumph
05-31-2012, 18:18
I'm glad that you are OK.
By the way, it is called "Basic Maintenance".
[Beer] Glad you are OK.
redneck122
05-31-2012, 19:52
I had a rear tire come off my old dodge pick up goin 80 on the highway. Truck went sideways almost immediately and put the front end into the wall of an overpass. Deffinately a pucker moment.
Glad everyone's ok OP.
Glad everything turned out ok. I have been through some DW at about 50 mph in my 06 Wrangler and I puckered up pretty tight but I can't imagine watching the wheel go flying off.
That wear on the posts is from the tire wobbling back and forth with loose lug nuts on. Always tighten to the torque specs and never use power tools.
BPTactical
05-31-2012, 21:37
I'm pretty meticulous when I put lug nuts on. I do star pattern, use an impact wrench then check them with a breaker bar or torque wrench.
Herein lies your problem me thinks. If you tighten the lug nuts as described the likelyhood of over torquing them is very real. That will lead to the studs stretching. Stretched they lose their elasticity and will not hold tension on the nut and can allow them to loosen.
And or the threads in the nut begin to strip and eventually fail.
Over torqued fasteners cause just as many issues as loose fasteners.
Glad your OK, I lost the right rear duals on a 1 ton SB 25 @ 17th. Watched them pass me like I was stopped, bounced over the rail into northbound and didnt hit a thing.
Damn lucky
DavieD55
05-31-2012, 23:42
lugs just came off? odd... stripped or unscrewed? Suppose those posts do look a bit beaten. did you piss anyone off lately?
glad nobody got hurt.
This is exactly what i was thinking after i read his post. Glad you're ok Veritas. [Beer]
hghclsswhitetrsh
05-31-2012, 23:44
It's a jeep thing... I don't understand.
Haha glad everyone's ok!
There's a man in Sedalia that owns the only known surviving prototype of the Davis 3-wheeled Jeep. I've got to get my ass over there this summer to meet him and get some photos of it.
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b150/rinselman/misc%20other%20jeeps/Davis3-wheeledJeep.jpg
rockhound
06-02-2012, 00:36
Herein lies your problem me thinks. If you tighten the lug nuts as described the likelyhood of over torquing them is very real. That will lead to the studs stretching. Stretched they lose their elasticity and will not hold tension on the nut and can allow them to loosen.
And or the threads in the nut begin to strip and eventually fail.
Over torqued fasteners cause just as many issues as loose fasteners.
Glad your OK, I lost the right rear duals on a 1 ton SB 25 @ 17th. Watched them pass me like I was stopped, bounced over the rail into northbound and didnt hit a thing.
Damn lucky
looks like he has aluminum rims in the photos, issue is that they require a lot more torque than a steel rim, most aluminum rims will be in the range of 110-120 ft lbs, checking your aluminum rims with a breaker bar will get you killed, torque wrench only with proper pattern.
Always always always check your shit if you have it done at a lube and tire place! (many on the list)
Glad everyone is ok.
Then check it again a few days later to make sure there was not something in between that gave a false reading.
Me and a budy changed out the ball joints about 6 weeks ago. Could of been that but i don't think so. I'm pretty meticulous when I put lug nuts on. I do star pattern, use an impact wrench then check them with a breaker bar or torque wrench.
maybe you had the rim just a bit off center? or tilted a bit
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