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That sucks! Good thing you found it before it cause any more damage!!! 
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You're one lucky dude , Robert  ! That could've turned out really bad . Sorry about the wheels though . Maybe time for a new one , if it got chewed up bad enough  .
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Originally posted by Buddy Palumbo:
You're one lucky dude , Robert !
I had a very long drive home with the tow truck driver (7 mph to ensure the wheel didnt fall off and plop onto the subframe), he made it pretty clear that I was lucky to be sitting in a tow truck and not an ambulance!
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Yep, very lucky. Glad that you are safe. 
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my ranger had that happen.. only i wasn't so lucky and my wheel went across a ditch and hit a house. the owner sued my insurance co. for over $10,000 dollars. My truck had minimal damage. Needed new stems, fender, and kingpin bolt. This most likely happened due to improper torqing of your lugs. Aluminum wheels will loosen lug nuts if not tightened down to the max.
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I had that happen once. I was pissed. The tire shop that had just mounted my wheels a week earlier overtightened my lugs. Fortunately it didn't hurt my wheels or anything. It was scary though!
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wow, that could have been really, REALLY bad!
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Do I need to remove my hub and have new studs pressed in?
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At least you had better off than Bmonje. His little occasion had his wheel come off, roll next to him all while he was sliding on one wheel and one rotor  and then watch his wheel roll across 4 lanes after he came to a stop. Obsticle course, anyone?  Glad to see you did not enjoy the same fate. How about the rim itself, any pics of that? I imagine it's too big a kick in the nuts to want to show that, I do sympathize!
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