Car's Are Gay
03-03-2005, 02:25 PM
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im startin to ****** hate car's lately, last night my damn wheel fell off on the freeway and messed up my entire front passenger side, snapped my axle, need a new balljoint, suspension, lower control arm, rotor, and possably wheel hub 
what does it take to get a working reliable car?!?!?!
03-03-2005, 02:27 PM
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Originally Posted by nightwolf_4_98' date='Mar 3 2005, 12:25 PM
Proper torque settings on your lug nuts.
03-03-2005, 02:27 PM
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Originally Posted by 94touring' date='Mar 3 2005, 12:26 PM
i tourqed everything down not even 15 minute's earlier
03-03-2005, 02:29 PM
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Originally Posted by nightwolf_4_98' date='Mar 3 2005, 12:27 PM
But was it proper?
03-03-2005, 02:29 PM
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Originally Posted by nightwolf_4_98' date='Mar 3 2005, 02:25 PM
03-03-2005, 02:31 PM
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Originally Posted by 94touring' date='Mar 3 2005, 12:28 PM
yup, my dad drilled into my head, you either do it right the first time or you dont do it
03-03-2005, 02:59 PM
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so you torqued it all down but the wheel fell off? did the hub fall off or just the wheel bc it would be a pretty big coincidence if enough of the lug nuts broke at the same time to allow the wheel to actually fall off
03-03-2005, 03:05 PM
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i havent slept since last night so i was searching for words when i was typeing, but the nut that holds the wheel hub in place on the control arm aprently came loose and my hub popped off of it, my fender is a bit fubard because the wheel and hub assembly snapped back and got dragged along the ground into the car.. earlier in the week i snapped 3 out of 5 wheel studs and only had one lug left on the remaining two, so im not ruleing anything out as a possability
