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Old 01-23-2006, 11:46 PM
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Default Re: Wheel fell off my '05

I'm betting they used the wrong type of lug nuts - it's amazing how few people can tell what type of nut goes with what type of wheel. If they used a normal tapered-tip nut on a wheel that requires a sleeve-type nut, then only a few threads will engage. What normally happens after that is all of the threads rip off the end of the studs and someone's wheel falls off. Same thing happened to a guy with Ivan Stewart wheels here a few months ago. Shop just orders wheels, and sticks them on with the nuts that came off the truck, even if they're the wrong type. Regardless, the shop was in the wrong - there's no reason other than installer FU that would cause a wheel to fall off. I hope you get what you deserve - you damn sure shouldn't have to pay for your rental car, much less have to pay for the new rotor, studs, and lug nuts.
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