Are lugs that important? I think they are. Watch this
06-14-2007, 10:22 AM
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06-14-2007, 12:02 PM
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That is one of the the dumbest things I have ever seen a car owner do, how can you mount up wheels and not torque the lug nuts down or even put the lug nuts on?....... and to claim stud failure........gee let's see...20 studs failing at once....not likely.......He got what he deserved for his inattention!
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06-14-2007, 01:10 PM
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Yeah, I agree. No way all those studs all happened to fail at the same time like that. Lateral force from the wheels bouncing in and out (like a jackhammer) from loose lugnuts probably pulled out the studs..... 
06-14-2007, 04:01 PM
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From another thread...
"Hello all,
I was at the event and know the guy who owns the car. (No it wasn't me)
I was in the paddock area next to him changing wheels at the same time as him. I watched him torque all of them. I even borrowed his torque wrench to tighten mine (I always forget something after I get on the road).
He went to a wheel/tire business and asked for spline drive lug nuts for his particular make/model/year car for the Enkeis, and that's what they gave him. He did not purchase the tires or wheels from them, just the lug nuts.
The lug nuts where sheared off the studs. Several members lifted a corner of the car to slide a jack underneath it. With a few more jacks, blocks of wood, etc, they were able to mount the stock wheels and stock lugs nuts (at least 3 per wheel) back on, torque them and drive the car off course. The design of the car, possilbly for aerodynamics, tucks all mechanicals on the underside a little higher than the body line, or lowest part of the brake rotors. Not even the exhaust was really scratched.
I'm not a mechanic, but the mechanics theories there was that the lug nuts where the incorrect size, but they were just small enough to grip the outer edge of the threads (as I mentioned, they torqued to 75-80 ft/lbs without complaint).
Hopefully, the only damage is to the body and brakes."
"Hello all,
I was at the event and know the guy who owns the car. (No it wasn't me)
I was in the paddock area next to him changing wheels at the same time as him. I watched him torque all of them. I even borrowed his torque wrench to tighten mine (I always forget something after I get on the road).
He went to a wheel/tire business and asked for spline drive lug nuts for his particular make/model/year car for the Enkeis, and that's what they gave him. He did not purchase the tires or wheels from them, just the lug nuts.
The lug nuts where sheared off the studs. Several members lifted a corner of the car to slide a jack underneath it. With a few more jacks, blocks of wood, etc, they were able to mount the stock wheels and stock lugs nuts (at least 3 per wheel) back on, torque them and drive the car off course. The design of the car, possilbly for aerodynamics, tucks all mechanicals on the underside a little higher than the body line, or lowest part of the brake rotors. Not even the exhaust was really scratched.
I'm not a mechanic, but the mechanics theories there was that the lug nuts where the incorrect size, but they were just small enough to grip the outer edge of the threads (as I mentioned, they torqued to 75-80 ft/lbs without complaint).
Hopefully, the only damage is to the body and brakes."
06-14-2007, 05:26 PM
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Or perhaps the new lug nuts only grabbed a single thread of the stud. Torquing them would mostly wreck that sliver holding the nut on, and a bit of cornering would do the rest.
06-14-2007, 05:31 PM
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Originally Posted by cnrfan
I love it! I'm sorry for the guy it happened to but thats one of the funniest looking things I've seen in a while. Thanks for the post.
I got a great laugh out of it as well. karma kicked my *** this morning though when I had to change a tire on my BMW after a piece of angle iron sliced the sidewall. The stupid jack that I had to use slipped and my car is sitting on its rear brake rotor....