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On Mon, 2003-08-04 at 15:39, Jason Weigel wrote: > I was driving my 62 notch yesterday to my friends wedding. I got about 10 min away from home when the car started to swerve and shutter. BAM! Hit the ground on the rear left at speed. I skidded 100 feet and pulled to the right. My tire and rim came off the drum! Scared the crap out of me. I had put a new drum on back there about 3 weeks ago. I guess I was smoking crack that day cause I obviously didn't torque the lugs. Check those lugs and keep your head clear when you work on the car. It may save your life! > > I lost a wheel on my '66 about 1/2 mile from the house where I bought it. And I was towing it on a dolly. The jack was to rusted to use, and I had not brought a floor jack with me. Thank goodness for cell phones. I called the PO, and he brought a floor jack and I stole lug bolts from the front wheels on the dolly. Hope you were as luck as me, and no major damage to the rear fender. -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org