Loosing a lug nut

94Dodge Truggy · 08-23-2007, 12:37 PM

Anyone ever have a lugnut shoot off of their truck while traveling at a high rate of speed? I need to get a pic. on here of this. The rear drivers side wheel has sheared off one of its eight lugs holding on the wheel. The lug nut next to the missing one was loose and the others were torqued to specs. I heard a pop like noise on the highway and thought it to be odd. (not like the other noises this truck makes from time to time

) When I cleaned it last night I noticed the stud to be sheared right where the nut would have ended on the threads. I am suspecting the heat along with the aluminum rims to be the culprit. I cleaned all of the studs off of my old truck once in a little tugging incident, and had a TSL super swamper start throwing its tire lugs off up in the air in front of me, (at a high rate of speed once again

Sorry Sarge ) but never have I seen this before. The truck is new and the dealership said that they would take care of it so the fix is easy, but I am a bit concerned hauling the 11,000lb. barn around now.

carwash · 08-23-2007, 01:32 PM

that is odd...

i would let them fix it this time, just once. if it happens again, they then need to find out why it happened.

check your torque on them before you tow that trailer each time.

tjjeepjeep · 08-23-2007, 01:43 PM

me thinkie issue is loose nut behind wheel...

94Dodge Truggy · 08-23-2007, 01:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tjjeepjeep

me thinkie issue is loose nut behind wheel...

Yeah, loose nut behind wheel.:o Properly torqued lug nuts on truck I thought but apparently not.

OH-cj5 · 08-23-2007, 10:22 PM

hey scott do you even own a torque wrench and don't tell me yes and then when i come to your house you show me a 4 way

94Dodge Truggy · 08-26-2007, 09:25 PM

Hey ohcj5 come on over :mad: and I will smack you with both torque wrenches upside your noggin;) When will you be in town next?

08-23-2007, 12:37 PM	#1
94Dodge Truggy EX-Vice President Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Fairfield, Ohio Posts: 3,048	Loosing a lug nut Anyone ever have a lugnut shoot off of their truck while traveling at a high rate of speed? I need to get a pic. on here of this. The rear drivers side wheel has sheared off one of its eight lugs holding on the wheel. The lug nut next to the missing one was loose and the others were torqued to specs. I heard a pop like noise on the highway and thought it to be odd. (not like the other noises this truck makes from time to time ) When I cleaned it last night I noticed the stud to be sheared right where the nut would have ended on the threads. I am suspecting the heat along with the aluminum rims to be the culprit. I cleaned all of the studs off of my old truck once in a little tugging incident, and had a TSL super swamper start throwing its tire lugs off up in the air in front of me, (at a high rate of speed once again Sorry Sarge ) but never have I seen this before. The truck is new and the dealership said that they would take care of it so the fix is easy, but I am a bit concerned hauling the 11,000lb. barn around now.

08-23-2007, 01:32 PM	#2
carwash pimpin' IS easy Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Union, KY Posts: 3,344 Images: 605	that is odd... i would let them fix it this time, just once. if it happens again, they then need to find out why it happened. check your torque on them before you tow that trailer each time. __________________

08-23-2007, 01:43 PM	#3
tjjeepjeep Just tired Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Hamilton, OH Posts: 2,213 Images: 2212	me thinkie issue is loose nut behind wheel...

08-23-2007, 10:22 PM	#5
OH-cj5 Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Waiting for obama to go away Posts: 90	hey scott do you even own a torque wrench and don't tell me yes and then when i come to your house you show me a 4 way

08-26-2007, 09:25 PM	#6
94Dodge Truggy EX-Vice President Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Fairfield, Ohio Posts: 3,048	Hey ohcj5 come on over :mad: and I will smack you with both torque wrenches upside your noggin;) When will you be in town next?