Well I planned on just driving it to work, but the jeep had other plans.
Started feeling a weird vibration when driving, then saw my wheel roll past me. It rolled for a bit and then went across a very busy street, bounced the curb and hit some guys house. By some miracle it didn't roll into another car. Luckily I had a box of new lugnuts sitting at home that my dad was able to bring to me, the studs were a little messed up but I was able to get the nuts on easily enough. I was able to get the wheel back on and drive it to work after.
Got some damage on the inside of my wheel but it just seems cosmetic, good thing I'm getting new wheels in a few weeks anyway. It also looks like it messed my rotor up a little because the rotor became the wheel for about 20 feet. I think the rotor isn't damaged enough to be a problem, but it has a sharp edge and might mess up the pad. I guess this would probably be a good time for some new black magic pads and rotors to be safe, mine were squeaking anyway.
Sadly I also scuffed my fender flare that I had just painted
Now I am (almost) positive I torqued these down to 100 ft/lbs when I put them on last, probably about a few weeks ago. I know my u joints were bad, and I had been hearing a squeaking noise from that wheel for a few days which I thought was the u joint. I also did some mild offroading the last 2 days, and have a loose trackbar bushing. Is it possible a combination of off roading, bad joints, and loose trackbar could be enough to vibrate the lugnuts loose?
Or is it more likely that I'm just an idiot and did not torque them down as much as I thought
Started feeling a weird vibration when driving, then saw my wheel roll past me. It rolled for a bit and then went across a very busy street, bounced the curb and hit some guys house. By some miracle it didn't roll into another car. Luckily I had a box of new lugnuts sitting at home that my dad was able to bring to me, the studs were a little messed up but I was able to get the nuts on easily enough. I was able to get the wheel back on and drive it to work after.
Got some damage on the inside of my wheel but it just seems cosmetic, good thing I'm getting new wheels in a few weeks anyway. It also looks like it messed my rotor up a little because the rotor became the wheel for about 20 feet. I think the rotor isn't damaged enough to be a problem, but it has a sharp edge and might mess up the pad. I guess this would probably be a good time for some new black magic pads and rotors to be safe, mine were squeaking anyway.
Sadly I also scuffed my fender flare that I had just painted
Now I am (almost) positive I torqued these down to 100 ft/lbs when I put them on last, probably about a few weeks ago. I know my u joints were bad, and I had been hearing a squeaking noise from that wheel for a few days which I thought was the u joint. I also did some mild offroading the last 2 days, and have a loose trackbar bushing. Is it possible a combination of off roading, bad joints, and loose trackbar could be enough to vibrate the lugnuts loose?
Or is it more likely that I'm just an idiot and did not torque them down as much as I thought
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