Okai... so im driving home... doin about 80 on the interstate... all of the sudden my car makes a mad rumbling... not even 2 seconds later im watching my rim fly next to me and down the interstate... and then the sparks start flying...
My buddy was behind me and went after my rim which finally stopped about 1/2 mile down the road... i also found my wheel spacer in front of my car...
The police did their "investigation" and found that my lugs were over torqued and that it snapped all the wheel studs off... the last people who messed with that rim was Merchants tire (Tire Kingdom) when they replaced the physical tire...
Now remarkably... there was no damage to the side skirt or front bumper... despite being dragged...
however the rotor is shot and possibly the hub assembly... im not the worlds best when it comes to suspension but what else should i be looking for to replace... (besides the brake pad)
damn that sux a few months ago going to a meet with my gf and another guy i was infront gf was behind me in her bird and my friend in his z behind her, i look back and they are stopped. My friends tire fell off his front as well, the damn rotor was sooooooooo hot it was steaming 40 mins later, it was like the lugs melted off the studs i had to chisel the threads clean with a screw driver and vice grips to hit the screw driver lol.
ok.... thats not cool... i think im going to go check mine....
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1992 Chevy Cavy Phase 2 Woohoo- Some Mods...
1997 Chevy Cavy - Intake
Looking For A Stock Phase 1 Z Kit Bumpers N Skirts! And Light Assembly And Mounting Brackets For The 92
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The front suspension? You should take a look at the subframe, lower rad support, floor pan, control arm, strut, sway bar, strut tower, axle, bearing/hub, rotor, and caliper. If it hit the ground at 80mph, I can almost guarantee something is bent/twisted/tweaked/mangled.
Was the wheel spacer just a flat plate? Or was it one of those ones with the studs built in? The stock J wheel bearing really doesn't have long enough studs for wheel spacers, but longer ones are available (M12x1.5x whatever length).
i have m12x.1.5x (longer studs) (and it was a bitch finding 5 more... each advance auto wanted to have just 1 in stock)... but ya it is a flat spacer...
On further inspection today... the car landed on the rotor... and dragged about 1/10th mile if that... i came to a stop pretty quick...
The only damage was to the rotor... the car was sitting on the rotor, side skirt, and front bumper... the rest of the suspension never hit the ground... im not lowered in anyway shape or form, and the other three wheels are 17s...
i got the new one on and put the car through a lil hell to see how it handled... all seems well... i made sure all my other lugs are sitting at 100 ft lbs now
I'm pretty sure factory specs at 85ft lds but I"m not for sure I will check it at school tomarrow
i thought and could have sworn that too... but the chart at my job with the manufactors recs said 100
wow.. i think i'm gonna go check my lugs now...
lol joe that was me but i must say i lucked out...every one that i told and myself are still trying to figure out how i didnt damnage my rotor that was weird lol good times good times and well bad time too lol
James Burns wrote:lol joe that was me but i must say i lucked out...every one that i told and myself are still trying to figure out how i didnt damnage my rotor that was weird lol good times good times and well bad time too lol
lol yea good time for u, u werent on the ground with 2 scissor jacks jacking the car up, then spent like 30 mins chiseling metal off the threads and getting burned numerous times, that @!#$ was HOT smoked 40 mins later when i sprayed wd40 on the threads. I want my spare back
lmao j/p
I wish i could of atleast seen the tire go off and hit the tree lol.
Best were the idiots infront of there house
them "what happened"
ME"his tire fell off"
them"what????"
Those wheel spacers are really for show, not safe to drive with. You are lucky you didnt get hurt. It will probably happen again.
you snooze you lose!
keep working, millions on welfare depend on you!
