Many thanks for the return of my wheel/tire!! (1 Viewer)

[ianacole]

I don't recall your user ID here, but you returned my wheel and tire after losing it at 60 MPH on 285 today. I really appreciate you taking time out of your day to make mine easier after it turned horribly crappy really quickly.

Thank you so very much!!! I'd love to buy you a , or 12.

 

[JohnnyC]

That does sound like a bad day.... Everybody alright?

what make it come off?

I had a situation similar to you.... However... you can say I was on the flip side of what happened to you

 

[ianacole]

Yes, fortunately everything turned out okay, minus some body and brake drum damage.

Best we can figure is that I had some brake work done bake in June, and they didn't use lock-tite on the spacers. When the wheel came off the spacer was still attached with the nuts in between the wheel and spacer.

 

[TCinVA]

We did use locktite on my son's 4Runner and the same thing happened to him. He was okay, his tire dented a parked Tacoma. I am not a big fan of spacers, my son is now looking for some 16 or 17" wheels so he can leave them off, they helped clear the larger calipers we put on.

 

[JohnnyC]

I am not a big fan of tires coming off either... Here's my short version of why I was traveling at 65 mph when I hit some guys tire left in the road ... Blk rim , blk tire saw it about 10' from the truck middle of the night .... slammed the breaks and cut it... I hit it with my drivers side front tire ... Broke the spring pin... Axle moved back 6" ... Tried to control the truck in a fish tail... Didn't quite do it

Lifted off the ground and slammed to the pavement... Rolled several times on its side... Ended upside down

Not a good night... I don't like when tires come off... Nope ... Not at all