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Title: Wild ride to work.
Post by: jwalls4x4 on March 25, 2008, 05:09:21 PM

Yeah so on my way to work this morning I felt a vibration that felt like a flat tire.  It was
dark when I got out to check and I went around the Jeep and didn't see any flat tire ???
So I headed to the nearest convenience store with a well lit parking lot.  The vibration was
bad and really felt like a flat tire, but when I parked and crawled under the Jeep I didn't see
anything  :uhoh:  I was looking for tangled lines or debris caught around the tires or
shafts, but I couldn't find anything.  I decided to go to work and figure it out after work.  I
got back on the highway and a few miles later the vibration got worse and I felt my Jeep
drop down a few inches going down the road  :eek:  I coasted into the e-lane and got out one more time
looking for what happened.  I couldn't find anything at first, but then I noticed that my
driver’s side rear tire was leaning in.  I had lost all five lug nuts and the wheel had slid off
the studs and the drum had dropped down onto the inside of the wheel!  :yikes:  :flush:
Thank God the wheel did not completely separate from the Jeep!

I did not have a good jack and did not want to crawl under a Jeep precariously balanced
like that.  I had my wife drop me off at work and she picked up a shop jack and some lug
nuts for me.  At lunch we went out to examine the carnage, but the studs weren't tore up
too bad.  The holes in the wheels were wallowed out a little, but I was able to get four lug
nuts on it and plan to get five new studs pressed in.  I'm just thankful it wasn't worse!

Title: Re: Wild ride to work.
Post by: Jeffy on March 25, 2008, 05:20:17 PM

Hmm, I guessed what was wrong before I got to the end. BTDT.  :doggy:  It's surprising how fast it goes from slight noise to WTF.  I caught mine before it fell off so all I had to do was tighten the lugs.

Title: Re: Wild ride to work.
Post by: Mozman68 on March 25, 2008, 06:04:56 PM

I'll be going out to torque mine right now...... :eek:

Title: Re: Wild ride to work.
Post by: jfrabat on March 26, 2008, 10:30:59 AM

I guess I'll check mine today as well just to feel safer!

Title: Re: Wild ride to work.
Post by: 95yjman on March 26, 2008, 01:11:27 PM

Wow thats crazy man, I'm glad no one got hurt.

Title: Re: Wild ride to work.
Post by: jfrabat on March 26, 2008, 01:16:56 PM

You know, the funny (well, not funny, but coincidental) thing is that yesterday, on the way to work, I saw a Pontiac Sunfire (I think it was a sunfire anyway) whose wheel actually DID come out...  When I drove by the guy, the driver was looking at his undercarriage, and the passanger was walking to get the wheel back...

Felipe

Title: Re: Wild ride to work.
Post by: 95yjman on March 26, 2008, 03:34:15 PM

Quote from: jfrabat on March 26, 2008, 01:16:56 PM

You know, the funny (well, not funny, but coincidental) thing is that yesterday, on the way to work, I saw a Pontiac Sunfire (I think it was a sunfire anyway) whose wheel actually DID come out...  When I drove by the guy, the driver was looking at his undercarriage, and the passanger was walking to get the wheel back...

Felipe

lol thats just crazy :yikes: I'll be sure to keep all my lug nuts tight from now on heh

Title: Re: Wild ride to work.
Post by: jwalls4x4 on March 26, 2008, 05:54:23 PM

I'm just happy no one got hurt and it only cost $5 to fix (I've learned to send my wife to the local tire shop for a good deal).  Is that wrong :whistle:?

Title: Re: Wild ride to work.
Post by: dexetr30 on March 26, 2008, 06:37:39 PM

I had this happen to me before. The only difference with my story is that the wheel actually came off. I was only doing 10-15 m.p.h. so nothing bad happened. You got lucky.