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Wheel fell off! #1592412 06/17/06 09:57 AM
Joined: May 2000 Posts: 222 Fairport, NY, US G goldsmi_dup1 OP CEG\'er
OP goldsmi_dup1 CEG\'er G Joined: May 2000 Posts: 222 Fairport, NY, US	Was making a right turn from E. River Road onto Kendrick Road near U of R (Rochester, NY), left front drops and I have this sickening feeling pass through me as I watch my left, front wheel continue on through the intersection without me attached to it. I think the most surprised person in the whole drama was the poor woman in a Civic who was stopped for the light and watches as the thing heads straight for her. It bounced off her car - no damage. I was at speed on 490/390 just moments prior - lucky that it didn't let go at 65. A quick survey revealed that all four wheel studs snapped off almost flush with the rotor, when the wheel parted company, it did an interesting job of custom rolling the left, front fender. The sill extension molding is toast. The rotor is a door stop. The lower A-frame looks like it took a beating, but there does not appear to be any other suspension, transaxle, or engine damage. No leaking fluids. Had it flat-bedded to Cortese Ford - we'll see what the say. Check your lug nuts, everybody! AL Red '98 SVT E0 3098/6535 DMD other stuff and a Bullitt fuel door

Re: Wheel fell off! #1592413 06/17/06 10:30 AM
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 937 Marshall VA, USA J JEDsContour Veteran CEG\'er
JEDsContour Veteran CEG\'er J Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 937 Marshall VA, USA	Stock E0 wheel? My guess is custom non-hubcentric wheels or custom wheels with non-hubcentric spacers. If true, recipe for disaster. Glad you're OK. This could have been much worse. 99 Tropic Green SVT, Tan Leather, 20K miles, "Nice Twin" (factory stock). 99 Tropic Green SVT, Tan Leather, 28K miles, "Evil Twin" (Turbo AER 3L and more in progress) 96 Red LX, Opal Grey Leather 2.5L, ATX, 22K miles

Re: Wheel fell off! #1592414 06/17/06 10:36 AM
Joined: May 2000 Posts: 222 Fairport, NY, US G goldsmi_dup1 OP CEG\'er
OP goldsmi_dup1 CEG\'er G Joined: May 2000 Posts: 222 Fairport, NY, US	Stock E0 wheel. Not a mark on it Red '98 SVT E0 3098/6535 DMD other stuff and a Bullitt fuel door

Re: Wheel fell off! #1592415 06/17/06 12:44 PM
Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,593 Massachusetts E Ex-Mean'Tour Hard-core CEG\'er
Ex-Mean'Tour Hard-core CEG\'er E Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,593 Massachusetts	Originally posted by goldsmi: Stock E0 wheel. Not a mark on it That is crazy! A similar thing happened to me last year. I was in a parking lot and it came off at 2 mph which was lucky. My son and I were 3 minutes from the highway. Have you had or done any work on that wheel recently? Was it making a lot of noise prior to coming off? When this happend to me I had just had a wheel bearing done. I had after market wheels. My guess is that they just handtightened it. I was lucky to be going so slow, the rotor etc. never even hit the ground. The wheel kind of got stuck between the rotor and fender. They came and put it on a flatbed and had it fixed in a couple days. Like you say, ESPECIALLY with alloy wheels, CHECK YOUR LUG NUTS ! ! ! ! Glad you are OK! MUST SELL - ECM computer new for a 98 V6 mtx + pats Now trolling in a Red Nissan 4 x 4

Re: Wheel fell off! #1592416 06/17/06 12:50 PM
Joined: May 2000 Posts: 222 Fairport, NY, US G goldsmi_dup1 OP CEG\'er
OP goldsmi_dup1 CEG\'er G Joined: May 2000 Posts: 222 Fairport, NY, US	No work was done recently. A bit of noise just prior to the 'event, but no real indications of a problem. I guess stuff just happens. I'm guesstimating about $1500 in repairs. Adjuster to check it out at the dealer on Monday. AL Red '98 SVT E0 3098/6535 DMD other stuff and a Bullitt fuel door

Re: Wheel fell off! #1592417 06/17/06 02:29 PM
Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 785 Trois-Rivieres, Quebec S SVT3Rivieres Veteran CEG\'er
SVT3Rivieres Veteran CEG\'er S Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 785 Trois-Rivieres, Quebec	that scary... but do you think its easier for the wheel to come off if the car go slower ? 1998.5 Toreador Red/Midnight Blue Contour SVT - #5912/6535 - DOB - 05/11/1998 - RU-3530/CTA Intake Pipe MSDS Heaser/Y-Pipe Magnaflow #10435 9mm Ford racing SPEC Stage one/Spec Alum. Flywheel HERE

Re: Wheel fell off! #1592418 06/17/06 03:38 PM
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 937 Marshall VA, USA J JEDsContour Veteran CEG\'er
JEDsContour Veteran CEG\'er J Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 937 Marshall VA, USA	Originally posted by goldsmi: Stock E0 wheel. Not a mark on it Wow!...That is really scary. makes me want to go check the torque on my wheel lugs - garage removed the right side for a safety inspection recently... 99 Tropic Green SVT, Tan Leather, 20K miles, "Nice Twin" (factory stock). 99 Tropic Green SVT, Tan Leather, 28K miles, "Evil Twin" (Turbo AER 3L and more in progress) 96 Red LX, Opal Grey Leather 2.5L, ATX, 22K miles

Re: Wheel fell off! #1592419 06/17/06 03:45 PM
Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 2,116 MN E elraido Hard-core CEG\'er
elraido Hard-core CEG\'er E Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 2,116 MN	Originally posted by SVT3Rivieres: that scary... but do you think its easier for the wheel to come off if the car go slower ? I am guessing so, same thing happend to my freinds 'stang. Going highways speed then when he slowed down to take a 90 degree corner it fell off. 95 SE MTX svt exhaust intake deer killer

Re: Wheel fell off! #1592420 06/17/06 06:12 PM
Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 533 Los Angeles 1 111R Veteran CEG\'er
111R Veteran CEG\'er 1 Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 533 Los Angeles	Originally posted by JEDsContour: Originally posted by goldsmi: Stock E0 wheel. Not a mark on it Wow!...That is really scary. makes me want to go check the torque on my wheel lugs X 2 koni kit - hpp rstb camber/plates - cf (yikes!) polyroll resistors - TCA's WR headers/ypipe -TB hiflow cat SFC's - XCal2 -dreaming of 3L-

Re: Wheel fell off! #1592421 06/17/06 09:07 PM
Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 82 Eastern Toronto, Canada E European CEG\'er
European CEG\'er E Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 82 Eastern Toronto, Canada	I Think I'll Go Check My Lugnuts Right About Now. -JD. 1996/V6/LX. Killer Bass, & A Few Other Mods.

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