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2oldman

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Posted: 04/10/12 03:03pm

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When was the last time the lugs were checked for tightness?

Grillmeister

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Posted: 04/10/12 03:23pm

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mapguy wrote:

Not sounding good.... have seen the lug nut shear thing multiple times in my previous career of fleet management.

Do your aluminum wheels have the steel insert for the lug nut? If not they need multiple retorques to get seated. But loose lug nets usually leaves some stud pieces.

What style of torque wrench? Click, beam or dial...

If click -has it ever been stored with adjuster set on a torque value or have you used it to loosen nuts/bolts or have you ever torqued left-hand fastener? Any one of the three requires recalibration or replacement -depending on the tool quality.

I stripped a lug a few years ago with my torque wrench, I found out it was 30% off, 100 lbs was actually 130.

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Posted: 04/10/12 04:35pm

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I would suspect the quality of the studs.. supplier could have easily received batch of offshore lesser quality studs and passed them on to manufacture.. Big problem in the aircraft industry.. Or you were terribly overweight.
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Posted: 04/10/12 04:50pm

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Important part was NOBODY HURT. Sorry for your misfortune, but glad it wasan't worse.

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Posted: 04/10/12 04:54pm

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anitajeff wrote:

No the wheel drum was not seize, still would spin. Lugs were tighten by me with a torque wrench, same as the other three. I am thinking factory defect, but could never prove it.

Wheel nuts should always be retorqued after a hundred miles or so. Especially with new hubs. I'll bet they loosened up while motoring down the road.

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Posted: 04/10/12 04:57pm

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I'm still trying to figure out why you had it towed. You could have taken that hub off, and put new studs in long before the tow vehicle ever got there. You do carry extra studs don't you?? I lost 2 wheels like that and will never be on the road without extra studs. I also check the torque on them frequently. At any rate it looks like no harm no foul.

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Posted: 04/10/12 05:11pm

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Wow. Glad everyone is safe. Why did you load your TV on the flatbed as well? Was the tow driver unable to strap the 5er down to the tow trailer securely?

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Posted: 04/10/12 05:18pm

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Sinecure wrote:

Wow. Glad everyone is safe. Why did you load your TV on the flatbed as well? Was the tow driver unable to strap the 5er down to the tow trailer securely?

No way to winch trailer onto lowbed without damage if it was unhitched.

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Posted: 04/10/12 05:31pm

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My guess would be defective lugs. It wouldn't be the first time that inferior bolt material is shipped to a final assembler. If that was the case, I'd be very disappointed with Dexter, too. There is a way to have the material tested but it sounds like you left the hub with the dealer.

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