A'ha! When I was in highschool autoshop, I had the task of doing a rear brake job on a '69 Beetle. I fulfilled my task with great aplomb, and took the little gem for a test drive. I got about 1/8th of a mile from the shop, when the car leaned over and ground to a halt. I was presented with the increasingly sphincter-clenching sight of the left rear wheel speeding by me at approximately 35mph. It proceeded to roll on for another 1/8th of a mile, perfectly vertical and keeping on-track. It rolled through a busy major intersection (unmolested) before leaping a steep ditch and coming to rest in a swamp. I hadn't bothered to tighten the lug bolts. Life is good, eh?
On 10/14/06, Hendrik Riessen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Well nothing really much to say, you made a mistake and learned from it. Have you left tools in the engine bay since? My biggest problem is that I rush my work towards the end of the job, particularly if I am working to solve a problem and then in the euphoria of finding what the problem is, not fully concentrating on detail. More than once I have taken a car for a test drive around the block without fully tightening the wheel bolts. Now I usally put a note by the gear selector to remind me to tighten the bolts.
Casey Olympia, WA Biodiesel: "I drive in a persistent vegetative state" '87 300TD intercooler/propane injection #22 (219k) '84 300D (218k) Gashuffer: '89 Vanagon Wolfsburg Edition (187K) http://users.zhonka.net/zeitgeist/Misc/IMG_0171.JPG
