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topless7 06-13-07 10:45 PM

Video: All 4 wheels fall off during autocross
 
http://www.nothingtoxic.com/media/11...y_Really_Wrong

So how did this happen?

ariha 06-14-07 09:47 AM

it had too much torque... haha ;) jk

Jason 06-14-07 03:34 PM

I couldnt stop laughing when I saw that.

Jason

AF1 06-14-07 03:42 PM

it looks like he has slicks on those wheels. im guessing that he drove to the event with street tires, swap them out and forgot to torque down the lug nuts since the lug bolts are still there.

ptrhahn 06-14-07 03:53 PM

Repost.

He apparently bought the wrong thread pitch lug nuts.

AF1 06-14-07 04:01 PM

Thats strange. if they were the wrong threads. the threads would at least be stripped while he was tightening down or wouldnt go all the way in. which he would notice since the wheels would be loose.

Mahjik 06-14-07 04:05 PM


Originally Posted by AF1 (Post 7043147)
Thats strange. if they were the wrong threads. the threads would at least be stripped while he was tightening down or wouldnt go all the way in. which he would notice since the wheels would be loose.

Not necessarily. There are some metric/imperial combinations that are pretty close. However, without knowing exactly what lug nuts were used, we can only speculate (that the current thought is that he didn't get metric lugs).

Check the link I posted in this thread:
https://www.rx7club.com/race-car-tech-103/before-launch-always-check-your-nuts-661581/


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