66HertzClone
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You wake up early,shower, shave, brew some coffee and go out to find the newspaper has not been delivered by 7:30. You are scheduled to be at a car show by 8:30, get your stuff ready and head out.
As you turn out of the neighborhood onto the main road, you feel a vibration and know something is wrong. Pull over as soon as possible, get out of the car and look down the the left front wheel and see metal filings all over the wheel. You reach down and discover that you neglected to check your work yesterday and left the lug nuts loose.
You tighten them up and limp home, jack the car up and discover the holes in your Wheel Vintique Magnum 500 wheel are now about 5/8 in diameter. All five studs can be pushed out of the hub with your finger, meaning the hub is toast. So a +$600 wheel a new hub, and the aggravation.....the only good news is I didn't loose the wheel all together and end up in a ditch.
I'm thinking I'll use the ruined wheel as a foot rest, get a round piece of glass to use as a top, it will serve as a constant reminder that I need to check my work.
As you turn out of the neighborhood onto the main road, you feel a vibration and know something is wrong. Pull over as soon as possible, get out of the car and look down the the left front wheel and see metal filings all over the wheel. You reach down and discover that you neglected to check your work yesterday and left the lug nuts loose.
You tighten them up and limp home, jack the car up and discover the holes in your Wheel Vintique Magnum 500 wheel are now about 5/8 in diameter. All five studs can be pushed out of the hub with your finger, meaning the hub is toast. So a +$600 wheel a new hub, and the aggravation.....the only good news is I didn't loose the wheel all together and end up in a ditch.
I'm thinking I'll use the ruined wheel as a foot rest, get a round piece of glass to use as a top, it will serve as a constant reminder that I need to check my work.