How does this happen ?

[sTalnOut]

this is a good way to start off my 07 heading back to work on tuesday on the 2nd. started driving early morning and all of sudden the car started shaking and rattling really hard so i was bout to pull ova thinkin my motor is goin soon, then as i slow down to pull ova on the side of the highway, pooooof my passenger tires flys right off n i almost went underneth a 18wheeler shit was crzy lucky i didnt hesitate to punch the gas to pull to the side riding on 3 wheels. i got out and this is wat happen-
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tow truck came
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all 5 studs broke and on my drver side 2nuts n studs broke off as well and now im scared to drive the damn thing :-/ well lucky and thanks to this nice guy who pulled ova down the road n picked up my other wheel cause i wasnt even gonna bother pickin it back up. WHAT YOU GUYS THINK THAT CAUSE MY WHEEL TO FALL OUT?

[SiI40sx]

WHAT YOU GUYS THINK THAT CAUSE MY WHEEL TO FALL OUT?

Well honestly I think it had something to do with your studs breaking. :eek: But as far as them breaking while you were driving is kind of werid. Did you just recently have you tires changed or just recently put that passenger tire on? If so you probably over torqued it too the point where it would snapped like it did. Usually this happens right when your putting the lug nuts on not after. Really werid man

[articdragon192]

Loose lug nuts or over torqued lug nuts.

[Wei240]

wow, that's weird,

looks like someone's playing a prank on you and gave you fake studs,

i'm thinking overtorqueing as well...

[sTalnOut]

yea i had new wheels put on xmas eve, but when i was drivin it at that time was pretti ok till couple of days ago, but i got it tow to a shop whiched help me replace the studs back in but now i jst purchase 2 set of nismo studs frnt n rear just to make myself feel a lil safer SIGH** my control arm is stratch up pretti nice =(

[Anto]

Ohhhh man. Those are definitely the shop's fault. If you got new wheels on Christmas eve & they over/under torqued them, THEY should pay for damages..

By the way, which tire shop was this?

[180sExy]

holy crap! this happend too me before on my 94 honda prelude. i just had some tire's put on an was driving it for like 2 days. then it started making a weird knocking sound, kinda like my axel was going out. when we took off the wheel to see what was up i only had one good stud.

[Jefferson]

WOW that crazy, your lucky you didn't get hurt
I think you might have overtightened your nuts, same shit happened to my little brother, well almost the same, he broke 2 of the studs because he tightens the hell out of them

[NecroS14]

same shit happened to me. always ..ALWAYS torque them yourself.

either loose or over torqueing

[sTalnOut]

daym after readin the helpfull comments makes me think how the hell imma torque it lolz how do i jst get it right on the sweet spot hahaha

[PITCH]

Bet you dude went crazy w/ an impact and blasted the lug nuts on. Shop did that to me Christmas eve and cross threaded one of my studs.

[s13silady]

ive seen this sooooo many times... its from overtightening just like everyone said... also maybe from overtightening a crossthread. iirc, your ligs should be tightened no more from 80-100 lbs of tourque.

[NecroS14]

daym after readin the helpfull comments makes me think how the hell imma torque it lolz how do i jst get it right on the sweet spot hahaha

called a torque wrench homie.

[5t341tH]

wow thats scary. did the tire shopp pay for the damages? if not, u should go back and complain

[airsoft]

Tons of wheels shops / tire shops use air tools to tighten your wheels...

instead of torqueing them properly :(

[kdashy]

Damn, I have spacers so its x2 the amount of studs to worry about.

[ALTRNTV]

daym after readin the helpfull comments makes me think how the hell imma torque it lolz how do i jst get it right on the sweet spot hahaha
Torque wrench.

[coupelove626]

i can sum this in one word "WOW"

im sorry, but i find it quite funny.

[TurDz]

Provide pics of the wheels too. Did you have hubcentric rings for them? If not, that may have exacerbated the problem with incorrect torque spec.

Judging by the way the studs broke, it seems like they were overtorqued.

Thanks for posting this, it's a good heads up for people who think hand tightening (guessing) or air-tooling your lugs is "good enough."

[NemeGuero]

You over-tightened them. Use a torque wrench. 80ft/lbs.

thread can be locked now.

[sTalnOut]

trust me coupelove626 aftawards thinkin bout it got me crackin up after seein my wheel bouncing thru the higway hahahaha it was faster then the cars n luckily it didnt hit any1s car