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Old 05-15-10, 09:23 PM
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wheel nut fail
http://www.epicfail.com/2010/01/05/r...#comment-53634

thought this was pretty epic lmao
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Old 05-15-10, 09:28 PM
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Those shoes go very well with the shorts!

Repost! Jeez man, you need to catch up on this sort of thing
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Old 05-16-10, 07:45 AM
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lol thats real old but yes very epic how stupid does he feel
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Old 05-16-10, 09:31 AM
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What a ******* dumbass, never forget to torque your wheels! Its better to over than under if you don't have a torque wrench but jesus Mazda only torques to 80 ft lbs anyway.
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Old 05-16-10, 09:37 AM
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yea..i dont think that was a lugnut torque issue....
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Old 05-16-10, 11:25 AM
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I think I member reading that he was sold SAE thread lug nuts that were close enough to get minor thread engagement.
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Old 05-17-10, 07:50 AM
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over torquing would be worse to a point, if you stretch the stud they will snap!
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He got the wrong nuts, wasn't a torque issue.

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I thought the guy changed wheels before he went out on course and just finger tightened them and forgot to tighten them.
Regardless,it just teaches you to Check/Double check everything.
I am so "glad" it happened to him in a Safe environment..Out on the road it could have been Catastrophic.
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It was wrong nuts - old stuff, but the SAE vs metric threads was the issue, not failing to tighten them.
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omg bwek, thanks for the time machine you created, can I use it to buy some stock?
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hahahah I actually lol'd
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