Re: [MBZ] Lug nuts

[OK Don via Mercedes]

It can happen to anyone:
Loose Nut Ends Graham Rahal's Indy 500 After Wheel Comes Off Exiting Pit
Road


On Mon, May 31, 2021 at 1:23 PM Allan Streib via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> I always laugh at that spelling mixup and I see that I did it myself! I
> blame auto-correct (or I would, but I use emacs for my email and it
> isn't something I have enabled).
>
> Allan
>
> Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes  writes:
>
> > Don't be a looser.
> >
> > On Mon, May 31, 2021 at 10:36 AM Curt Raymond via Mercedes <
> > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> >
> >>  I had the same thing happen with one of my 190Ds...
> >> These days I take the lugs loose and tighten them back up with the
> torque
> >> wrench so I know they're tight enough to be safe but loose enough I can
> get
> >> them off again if I need to.
> >> -Curt
> >>
> >> On Saturday, May 29, 2021, 10:16:43 PM EDT, Allan Streib via
> Mercedes <
> >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>  I few years ago I bought new tires for the Nissan Frontier. Drove home
> >> from the tire shop and next day driving back in to town there was a
> >> strange vibration and noise. Pulled off at a convenience store and found
> >> the lug nuts on the driver's side front wheel were lose, not even finger
> >> tight.
> >>
> >> Tightened them up, checked all the other wheels, and went on with my
> >> day.
> >>
> >> Now I always check them whenever a shop has had a wheel off.
> >>
> >> Allan
> >>
> >>
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Re: [MBZ] Lug nuts

[Allan Streib via Mercedes]

I always laugh at that spelling mixup and I see that I did it myself! I
blame auto-correct (or I would, but I use emacs for my email and it
isn't something I have enabled).

Allan

Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes  writes:

> Don't be a looser.
>
> On Mon, May 31, 2021 at 10:36 AM Curt Raymond via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>
>>  I had the same thing happen with one of my 190Ds...
>> These days I take the lugs loose and tighten them back up with the torque
>> wrench so I know they're tight enough to be safe but loose enough I can get
>> them off again if I need to.
>> -Curt
>>
>> On Saturday, May 29, 2021, 10:16:43 PM EDT, Allan Streib via Mercedes <
>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>>
>>  I few years ago I bought new tires for the Nissan Frontier. Drove home
>> from the tire shop and next day driving back in to town there was a
>> strange vibration and noise. Pulled off at a convenience store and found
>> the lug nuts on the driver's side front wheel were lose, not even finger
>> tight.
>>
>> Tightened them up, checked all the other wheels, and went on with my
>> day.
>>
>> Now I always check them whenever a shop has had a wheel off.
>>
>> Allan
>>
>>

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Re: [MBZ] Lug nuts

[Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes]

Don't be a looser.

On Mon, May 31, 2021 at 10:36 AM Curt Raymond via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

>  I had the same thing happen with one of my 190Ds...
> These days I take the lugs loose and tighten them back up with the torque
> wrench so I know they're tight enough to be safe but loose enough I can get
> them off again if I need to.
> -Curt
>
> On Saturday, May 29, 2021, 10:16:43 PM EDT, Allan Streib via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>
>  I few years ago I bought new tires for the Nissan Frontier. Drove home
> from the tire shop and next day driving back in to town there was a
> strange vibration and noise. Pulled off at a convenience store and found
> the lug nuts on the driver's side front wheel were lose, not even finger
> tight.
>
> Tightened them up, checked all the other wheels, and went on with my
> day.
>
> Now I always check them whenever a shop has had a wheel off.
>
> Allan
>
>
>
> Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes  writes:
>
> > I mounted 4 brand new tires to the trailer last night. Earlier today
> while on a trip to retrieve a 80 300SD parts car I observed a wheel depart
> the trailer and continue traveling down the 4 lane highway and into the
> median. I got it pulled over a little ways down the road and the wheel was
> continuing to roll and stopped conveniently right where I got pulled over.
> It then hit me. This was the side I did first and was going to come back to
> this side to tighten the lugs. I completely forgot. The 2nd wheel on that
> side was about to fly off. I jacked up trailer, stole a lug off each other
> wheel then proceeded to tractor supply where they raped me on a set of 5
> lugs and a bearing cap that got knocked off with the wheel. Can’t believe
> somebody didn’t die but after the fact I had a good laugh.
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
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Re: [MBZ] Lug nuts

[Curt Raymond via Mercedes]

 I had the same thing happen with one of my 190Ds...
These days I take the lugs loose and tighten them back up with the torque 
wrench so I know they're tight enough to be safe but loose enough I can get 
them off again if I need to.
-Curt

On Saturday, May 29, 2021, 10:16:43 PM EDT, Allan Streib via Mercedes 
 wrote:  
 
 I few years ago I bought new tires for the Nissan Frontier. Drove home
from the tire shop and next day driving back in to town there was a
strange vibration and noise. Pulled off at a convenience store and found
the lug nuts on the driver's side front wheel were lose, not even finger
tight.

Tightened them up, checked all the other wheels, and went on with my
day.

Now I always check them whenever a shop has had a wheel off.

Allan



Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes  writes:

> I mounted 4 brand new tires to the trailer last night. Earlier today while on 
> a trip to retrieve a 80 300SD parts car I observed a wheel depart the trailer 
> and continue traveling down the 4 lane highway and into the median. I got it 
> pulled over a little ways down the road and the wheel was continuing to roll 
> and stopped conveniently right where I got pulled over. It then hit me. This 
> was the side I did first and was going to come back to this side to tighten 
> the lugs. I completely forgot. The 2nd wheel on that side was about to fly 
> off. I jacked up trailer, stole a lug off each other wheel then proceeded to 
> tractor supply where they raped me on a set of 5 lugs and a bearing cap that 
> got knocked off with the wheel. Can’t believe somebody didn’t die but after 
> the fact I had a good laugh.  
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>

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Re: [MBZ] Lug nuts

[Curt Raymond via Mercedes]

 My '98 Jetta was super sensitive to getting the wheels on just right, if they 
weren't all the way in when you tightened the lugs the wouldn't get really 
tight and would work loose again. The car would shake terribly as they 
loosened, it would get pretty frightening on the highway.
Worst time it happened it was really cold out and the trunk had frozen shut so 
I couldn't get to the lug wrench to tighten them. I had to run the heat on high 
for 20 minutes and get the cabin sweltering hot to get the trunk to release.
-Curt

On Saturday, May 29, 2021, 8:47:20 PM EDT, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes 
 wrote:  
 
 I mounted 4 brand new tires to the trailer last night. Earlier today while on 
a trip to retrieve a 80 300SD parts car I observed a wheel depart the trailer 
and continue traveling down the 4 lane highway and into the median. I got it 
pulled over a little ways down the road and the wheel was continuing to roll 
and stopped conveniently right where I got pulled over. It then hit me. This 
was the side I did first and was going to come back to this side to tighten the 
lugs. I completely forgot. The 2nd wheel on that side was about to fly off. I 
jacked up trailer, stole a lug off each other wheel then proceeded to tractor 
supply where they raped me on a set of 5 lugs and a bearing cap that got 
knocked off with the wheel. Can’t believe somebody didn’t die but after the 
fact I had a good laugh.  

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Re: [MBZ] Lug nuts

[Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes]

Damn you got lucky.

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> On May 29, 2021, at 8:47 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
> 
> I mounted 4 brand new tires to the trailer last night. Earlier today while 
> on a trip to retrieve a 80 300SD parts car I observed a wheel depart the 
> trailer and continue traveling down the 4 lane highway and into the median. I 
> got it pulled over a little ways down the road and the wheel was continuing 
> to roll and stopped conveniently right where I got pulled over. It then hit 
> me. This was the side I did first and was going to come back to this side to 
> tighten the lugs. I completely forgot. The 2nd wheel on that side was about 
> to fly off. I jacked up trailer, stole a lug off each other wheel then 
> proceeded to tractor supply where they raped me on a set of 5 lugs and a 
> bearing cap that got knocked off with the wheel. Can’t believe somebody 
> didn’t die but after the fact I had a good laugh.  
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
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Re: [MBZ] Lug nuts

[Max Dillon via Mercedes]

Could have been much worse.  Who inherits okie Acres, in the event of your 
demise?

Max Dillon
Charleston SC


May 29, 2021 8:47:21 PM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes :

> I mounted 4 brand new tires to the trailer last night. Earlier today while on 
> a trip to retrieve a 80 300SD parts car I observed a wheel depart the trailer 
> and continue traveling down the 4 lane highway and into the median. I got it 
> pulled over a little ways down the road and the wheel was continuing to roll 
> and stopped conveniently right where I got pulled over. It then hit me. This 
> was the side I did first and was going to come back to this side to tighten 
> the lugs. I completely forgot. The 2nd wheel on that side was about to fly 
> off. I jacked up trailer, stole a lug off each other wheel then proceeded to 
> tractor supply where they raped me on a set of 5 lugs and a bearing cap that 
> got knocked off with the wheel. Can’t believe somebody didn’t die but after 
> the fact I had a good laugh. 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
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Re: [MBZ] Lug nuts

[Allan Streib via Mercedes]

I few years ago I bought new tires for the Nissan Frontier. Drove home
from the tire shop and next day driving back in to town there was a
strange vibration and noise. Pulled off at a convenience store and found
the lug nuts on the driver's side front wheel were lose, not even finger
tight.

Tightened them up, checked all the other wheels, and went on with my
day.

Now I always check them whenever a shop has had a wheel off.

Allan



Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes  writes:

> I mounted 4 brand new tires to the trailer last night. Earlier today while on 
> a trip to retrieve a 80 300SD parts car I observed a wheel depart the trailer 
> and continue traveling down the 4 lane highway and into the median. I got it 
> pulled over a little ways down the road and the wheel was continuing to roll 
> and stopped conveniently right where I got pulled over. It then hit me. This 
> was the side I did first and was going to come back to this side to tighten 
> the lugs. I completely forgot. The 2nd wheel on that side was about to fly 
> off. I jacked up trailer, stole a lug off each other wheel then proceeded to 
> tractor supply where they raped me on a set of 5 lugs and a bearing cap that 
> got knocked off with the wheel. Can’t believe somebody didn’t die but after 
> the fact I had a good laugh.  
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>

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Re: [MBZ] Lug nuts

[Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes]

I always check the lugs before taking off. This time I was going to but then I 
didn’t because I figured I just put the wheels back on. I remember how it went 
down now because I lifted the back the trailer with the tractor to pull all the 
wheels at the same time and installed the one side hand tight, installed the 
other side, let trailer back down and finished tightening then forgot to go 
back got the first side. I figure it was habit because usually I jack one side 
and do it then move to the other side. 

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> On May 29, 2021, at 8:17 PM, G Mann via Mercedes  
> wrote:
> 
> "If you get to choose between rich and lucky, always pick lucky"
> 
> Your timing was just right. Imagine the wild ride you could have taken,
> across 4 lanes of traffic, when the trailer was loaded with a car, both
> wheels came off, the trailer jackknifes and flips your pull vehicle upside
> down, into oncoming traffic, across the median...  in front of a school bus
> [OK, I just threw that one in for the fright factor].
> 
> ALWAYS torque your lug nuts, before you check your fuses... ;))
> 
>> On Sat, May 29, 2021 at 5:47 PM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes <
>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I mounted 4 brand new tires to the trailer last night. Earlier today while
>> on a trip to retrieve a 80 300SD parts car I observed a wheel depart the
>> trailer and continue traveling down the 4 lane highway and into the median.
>> I got it pulled over a little ways down the road and the wheel was
>> continuing to roll and stopped conveniently right where I got pulled over.
>> It then hit me. This was the side I did first and was going to come back to
>> this side to tighten the lugs. I completely forgot. The 2nd wheel on that
>> side was about to fly off. I jacked up trailer, stole a lug off each other
>> wheel then proceeded to tractor supply where they raped me on a set of 5
>> lugs and a bearing cap that got knocked off with the wheel. Can’t believe
>> somebody didn’t die but after the fact I had a good laugh.
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
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Re: [MBZ] Lug nuts

[G Mann via Mercedes]

"If you get to choose between rich and lucky, always pick lucky"

Your timing was just right. Imagine the wild ride you could have taken,
across 4 lanes of traffic, when the trailer was loaded with a car, both
wheels came off, the trailer jackknifes and flips your pull vehicle upside
down, into oncoming traffic, across the median...  in front of a school bus
[OK, I just threw that one in for the fright factor].

ALWAYS torque your lug nuts, before you check your fuses... ;))

On Sat, May 29, 2021 at 5:47 PM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> I mounted 4 brand new tires to the trailer last night. Earlier today while
> on a trip to retrieve a 80 300SD parts car I observed a wheel depart the
> trailer and continue traveling down the 4 lane highway and into the median.
> I got it pulled over a little ways down the road and the wheel was
> continuing to roll and stopped conveniently right where I got pulled over.
> It then hit me. This was the side I did first and was going to come back to
> this side to tighten the lugs. I completely forgot. The 2nd wheel on that
> side was about to fly off. I jacked up trailer, stole a lug off each other
> wheel then proceeded to tractor supply where they raped me on a set of 5
> lugs and a bearing cap that got knocked off with the wheel. Can’t believe
> somebody didn’t die but after the fact I had a good laugh.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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