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I bought a new pair of tires from Just Tires in Laurel (on Second St.) about two weeks ago. Last week I noticed kind of a "wa..wa..wa" sound when turning hard to the right - but only at low speeds. I figured my wheel bearings were starting to go a little and it was not a major problem.

The sound got worse and worse and by yesterday (all of a sudden) the whole d@mned car would vibrate at highway speeds. So I decide to take my wheel off and check to see if I could see any damage. I pop the center cap off my right passenger wheel and to my surprise I see TWO LUG NUTS fall on the ground and one of those still had half an effin lug in it!!

It seems (to me at least) that some slacker at Just Tires in Laurel didn't bother to tighten up all the lug nuts. At least my wheel didn't fall off or something. :rolleyes: I'm calling Just Tires in a few minutes. The moral of the story is, to thouroghly check your car after any service is done. Looking back, I should have known to check - too late now.

Anybody know how much it will cost to have a lug replaced and what other damage could have been caused by driving on a loose wheel?

holy poop, that sucks dude! F them :rolleyes:

Sounds familiar.... But I wasnt as lucky as you!

I did that a long time ago on my Beretta, didnt tighten the nuts up all the way and drove to work with the wa..wa....wa. Then came home with the wa..wa...wa...wa REAL loud, all of a sudden my car slams down on the front drivers side and I see sparks flying! I pull over to the side of the road carefully, and just watch as my wheel rolls down the road about a full mile.

Talk about embarrasing!!!

I am glad to hear that everyone SOSPsi6 and Josh were ok. I am sorry Josh but I can just see you getting out of the car and running down the road after your rim (I wouldn't laugh if I thought you were hurt though)

When you say half an efin lug do you mean stud. Lugs are the nuts, studs are what come thru the rotor kinda like bolts. You can by studs at AutoZone but you have to pull the drive shaft to put them in. My Dad's shop could do it for you fairly easy and he is just down in Upper Marlboro. 301-856-4455 Watson Auto Repair.

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Me too, Not feeling so well.

-Andy

If one were not to know better one might think Andy's taking this a little personal?

UPDATE:

The Just Tires guys replaced the stud without any hassle whatsoever last week. It took a couple of days to get the actual stud (it was backordered) but I commend them in the customer satisfaction department.

Anyways, yesterday I figure I'd just check to make sure the lugnuts were tight - just to be on the safe side. I pull my center cap off and ANOTHER LUG NUT FALLS TO THE GROUND!! It wasn't the new one, but I think it was the same one that was off the last time. I'm almost positive that the Just Tires guy tightened it properly - I was standing right beside him when he did. All the other lug nuts were tight too.

I put it back on myself and I'm going to check it in a couple of days, just to make sure that the Just Tires guy put it on tightly - I know it is on properly now. I'm going to be really pissed if it becomes loose again.

Anybody have any idea why a lug nut would loosen and just fall off like that?

You might want to keep an eye one your car. Someone may be sabotaging(sp?) it. Thats not something that should happen. Never heard of it on another tour. Check it int he morning and as night. Maybe take off the center caps for a while.

-Andy