Thank god that last bolt held, my wheel almost fell off... Options

[6gsillyca]

I was driving down the highway with my mom and girl doing about 110 (kph) when my car started to get REALLY shaky. It felt like loose lugs, only way worse. Both my mom and gf tell me to stop, pull over, and check the car out. When I get out, I went around the car and just hand checked all the nuts. They were all fine until I got up to the front pass wheel.

It turns out I only had ONE nut left in there. The other 4 bolts sheared off the hub. 3 of them were stilll in the rim socket and im guessing the 4th flew out while I was stopping. I fell so lucky that last bolt didnt give out, because I was in the far left lane of traffic, and if my front pass wheel came off I would have went across all 3 lanes during rush hour, doing 110, and probably wouldnt be here typing this.

What could have caused this? Is it because the lugs were SUPER over torqued?









EDIT:

Yes, those are 3 of my lugs and the bolts from the hub they attach to. There were 4 that sheared off.

This post has been edited by 6gsillyca: Nov 21, 2006 - 12:57 AM

[6gsillyca]

I had the car in the shop on the 26th, but hadnt driven it again until today. I did get a work order from the shop and they did record my mileage, and ive only put on ~15 miles, so I was going to see if they are going to do anything because my guess is they overtightened the nuts.

had you removed your wheels recently? if so then maybe they werent tightened back on very well or something. that happened to a celica guy on here (blakout). He drove for an hour & was only a mile from my place when he pulled over to see what was wrong & found that he only had 1 bolt left on the wheel...yeah he wasnt too happy with his dad after that!! (dad forgot to tighten the bolts)

Yes I did, they were off a few weeks ago, and the car hadnt been driven since. the nuts were still attached, and tight, and it wouldnt have been as bad if they were just loose. Read my first post carefully. The bolts that the nuts attach to (5 bolts attached to the axle that hold the wheel on the car) BROKE off

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about 110 (kph)

Re-read the first post, kph is kilometers per hour. That is about 68.35 miles per hour. The road I was on had a speed limit of 100 kph. So I was doing about 10 km/h (6 mph) over the limit. Okay so I was speeding, but 10 km/h isnt that fast over the limit.

[amysmojo]

i beleive blakout's broke off as well and it was because they were not tightened on ... thats what made me think you might have had the same problem