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I've witnessed a wheel coming off a pickup truck on the highway. Luckily,
nobody was hurt or property damaged. I pulled over to provide assistance to
the guy (he had a phone so didn't need it) and he told me that he just had new
tires put on his rims a couple of days ago. I asked if he had the lugs
retorqued after 50 or so miles and he just gave me a blank look. I explained
that the lugs need to be retorqued after 50 to 100 miles if the rim has been
removed from the car (just need to retorque once). Don't forget this step,
even with our cars.
Toby Erkson -- air_cooled_nut@pobox.com
'72 VW Squareback, '95 VW Jetta, '81 Gold Wing
http://www.icbm.org/
Portland, Oregon
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...> >One of my Bus friends had the lugnuts back off on
> >him soon after powdercoating when it wore off from road vibrations.
> >
> I have expereienced the same thing, twice! The only difference being
> that in my case, the rims werent poweder coated, just regular auto
> paint...
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