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So I left from my house to San Pedro to drop my truck off for Tom to finish her up(well for now at least)
Well I started hearing a really funny noise on my right front side. So i pulled off an exit to look at my suspension(btw. i just put a set of wheels on the day before, they were put on with an impact gun so I thought they were fine so I didnt think to look at the lug nuts). So I hopped back on for about 2 miles until the noise got REALLY bad. I pulled off the Lemon st. exit in Anaheim. off the 91 into a Lowes parking lot. At first I thought I had busted a balljoint(because the bushing was messed up and I am pretty worn out so didnt think clearly about it). Then I finallyy look and realize there is ONE LUG NUT holding my wheel on. ONE! Its a miracle that it didnt fall of or break the wheel. It is a miracle, because if you dont know most of the time when lugs go they all go. God was watching over me, Tom and me both realized that. I was going nearly 70mph with ONE lug nut. A 30 mile trip and $187.50 later for a tow(thankfully my insurance has roadside coverage so i should be able to get reimbursed for that. Moral: Dont always trust your mechanic and ALWAYS use a torque wrench..
(Im gonna go buy one very soon actually and some more tools, i barely have any so its not exactllyy good).
Meanwhile now my wheels all have 4 lugs each cuz he took one off each to put on that wheel.
we might replace the wheel studs we'll see here.
In a week she'll be beautiful I'll keep you all updated.
Well I started hearing a really funny noise on my right front side. So i pulled off an exit to look at my suspension(btw. i just put a set of wheels on the day before, they were put on with an impact gun so I thought they were fine so I didnt think to look at the lug nuts). So I hopped back on for about 2 miles until the noise got REALLY bad. I pulled off the Lemon st. exit in Anaheim. off the 91 into a Lowes parking lot. At first I thought I had busted a balljoint(because the bushing was messed up and I am pretty worn out so didnt think clearly about it). Then I finallyy look and realize there is ONE LUG NUT holding my wheel on. ONE! Its a miracle that it didnt fall of or break the wheel. It is a miracle, because if you dont know most of the time when lugs go they all go. God was watching over me, Tom and me both realized that. I was going nearly 70mph with ONE lug nut. A 30 mile trip and $187.50 later for a tow(thankfully my insurance has roadside coverage so i should be able to get reimbursed for that. Moral: Dont always trust your mechanic and ALWAYS use a torque wrench..
(Im gonna go buy one very soon actually and some more tools, i barely have any so its not exactllyy good).
Meanwhile now my wheels all have 4 lugs each cuz he took one off each to put on that wheel.
we might replace the wheel studs we'll see here.In a week she'll be beautiful I'll keep you all updated.
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