Splorin' 461
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- October 27, 2014
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- City, State
- Minneapolis, MN
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 03 Limited V8 4WD
I know thats general knowlege but in all my years of brake jobs, tire rotations and oter maintenance I've never actually done it. Not once and never had any trouble.
The story: (you already know it ends with loose lugs)
A month ago I got four new tires at a local Firestone shop. A week and a half ago I replaced my rotors, brake pads, bled the fluid and changed the parking brakes in my garage.
When I went to start my brake job obviously the first thing you do is loosen the lugs. On every wheel all five lugs were "finger tight". I thought "those A-holes at Firestone didn't tourque em". After I finish up each wheel I drop it to the ground and make sure to tourque each lug to spec, twice.
Yesturday on the way home from work after a few miles I think I feel some new vibration... no its just in my mind...
A few more miles, no there is definitely a new vibration...
A few more miles, now its lightly thumping but everything is running fine What is this?!
A few more miles, HOLY ****! The Thumping is LOUD the vheicle is shaking! What happened?! There must be absolute carnage under the front end!!! I'm a moron for not stopping earlier! This is going to be beyond my ablity and it's going to cost THOUSANDS!!!
I press on because at this point the damage is done, I'm only a short distance from home, a shop I trust is just blocks from my place and my daughter is home alone.
The X is just thumping away HARD as I limp into the shop. I park, hop out and immediatly look for damage under the front end. I'm expecting to see rods hanging everywhere and fluids of every kind spilt. I see NOTHING! What?! how can this be?! I start shaking things and seacrching everywhere, nothing. This must me something internal that cant bee seen and its going to be bad.
I leave it in the hands of the shop and walk home. A couple hours later they call and tell me that my lugs are loose and I nearly lost the front driver side wheel and say that every lug on the Explorer is "finger tight". This is embaressing... I explain how they were all loose when I did my brakes after the new tires. The mechanic tells me that all the studs are still in good shape and the wheel is fine (no ovaling) thankfully.
So now here I am, an embaressed idiot who didnt bother to retorque his lugs warning you not to learn your lesson the way I did. It could have been much worse.
The story: (you already know it ends with loose lugs)
A month ago I got four new tires at a local Firestone shop. A week and a half ago I replaced my rotors, brake pads, bled the fluid and changed the parking brakes in my garage.
When I went to start my brake job obviously the first thing you do is loosen the lugs. On every wheel all five lugs were "finger tight". I thought "those A-holes at Firestone didn't tourque em". After I finish up each wheel I drop it to the ground and make sure to tourque each lug to spec, twice.
Yesturday on the way home from work after a few miles I think I feel some new vibration... no its just in my mind...
A few more miles, no there is definitely a new vibration...
A few more miles, now its lightly thumping but everything is running fine What is this?!
A few more miles, HOLY ****! The Thumping is LOUD the vheicle is shaking! What happened?! There must be absolute carnage under the front end!!! I'm a moron for not stopping earlier! This is going to be beyond my ablity and it's going to cost THOUSANDS!!!
I press on because at this point the damage is done, I'm only a short distance from home, a shop I trust is just blocks from my place and my daughter is home alone.
The X is just thumping away HARD as I limp into the shop. I park, hop out and immediatly look for damage under the front end. I'm expecting to see rods hanging everywhere and fluids of every kind spilt. I see NOTHING! What?! how can this be?! I start shaking things and seacrching everywhere, nothing. This must me something internal that cant bee seen and its going to be bad.
I leave it in the hands of the shop and walk home. A couple hours later they call and tell me that my lugs are loose and I nearly lost the front driver side wheel and say that every lug on the Explorer is "finger tight". This is embaressing... I explain how they were all loose when I did my brakes after the new tires. The mechanic tells me that all the studs are still in good shape and the wheel is fine (no ovaling) thankfully.
So now here I am, an embaressed idiot who didnt bother to retorque his lugs warning you not to learn your lesson the way I did. It could have been much worse.