my wheels lugs on my rear right wheel seem to be mysteriously disappearing.
last week i noticed one missing and lastnight i noticed another one gone...
what could cause this? thief? enemy? ex-girlfriend? honda driver?
It could be a lot of things, i lost 3 in less than 2hours, ask the guys from the deutschfest, i almost lost a wheel in sherbrooke in the begining of the summer.
3 of my wheel lugs came off my RC's a couple years ago on their own, luckily i had the big centre caps on and it kept them from falling out onto the street.
its not uncommon for wheel bolts to come loose..could be a couple things causing this
1:in proper torque
2:wrong shaped bolts(rounded,conical) using the wrong type with the mags
3:compression of spacers over time
simple vibration of the roads you drive on can cause this...
just torque them down to spec or a little more with a torque wrench you know is on spec..or that has been calibrated not lond ago..i would recommend a snap-on one they are always on point!
i think with the spacer getting smaller due to cool weather may be the cause...
i didnt see any tamper on the wheels, cause if some douchebag tried removing my bolts... he would have scratched the paint for sure...
so i just put two new lugs and torque all around...
about four years ago i was driving along Hymus about to cross St-jean and out of no where i heard CLUNK-left front of my car dropped-next my rim's crossing the road!lool.. pretty sure was cause' the stalk bolts wernt long enough for my rims...- got that tire back on so fast ppl working in the pits at nascar woulda gave me props...:thefingerhahaa..
make sure your bolts are long enough since your using spacers,the right bolt seat and they should thread in at minimum the same as the diameter of the bolt.
i have the proper bolts for my wheels... i always cross torque my wheels...
like i said... this set up has been on my car for 2 years...
so its odd... this is probably the longest that i have ever kept my wheels on... usually by now i am running my winters cause its usually friggin freezing out