eagleeyedtiger@lemmy.nz to Aotearoa / New Zealand@lemmy.nzEnglish · 15 hours agoCar crashes after all four wheels fly offwww.odt.co.nzexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up121arrow-down10file-text
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As someone who does my own basic maintenance on my car, this is why I triple check everything when putting wheels back on.
minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·14 hours agoThe owner of that vehicle has clearly made a lot of bad decisions lately. I wonder if it’s as simple as forgetting to torque the lug nuts, or was the wrong type of rim fitted to the vehicle?
minus-squareeagleeyedtiger@lemmy.nzOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-213 hours agoI don’t know, to have all four wheels come off makes me think he only put the lug nuts on intending to tighten it after, but forgot to do it. The description of what happened makes it sound like a cartoon . EDIT: Actually just reading it again, I can’t tell if the wheels fell off or the tyres came off the rims?
minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·13 hours agoConsider that this was written by a journalist, who are often not that bright, what I suspect happened is aftermarket rims were fitted to the vehicle, and didn’t fit. Either way, it would have been the entire wheel most likely.
The owner of that vehicle has clearly made a lot of bad decisions lately.
I wonder if it’s as simple as forgetting to torque the lug nuts, or was the wrong type of rim fitted to the vehicle?
I don’t know, to have all four wheels come off makes me think he only put the lug nuts on intending to tighten it after, but forgot to do it.
The description of what happened makes it sound like a cartoon .
EDIT: Actually just reading it again, I can’t tell if the wheels fell off or the tyres came off the rims?
Consider that this was written by a journalist, who are often not that bright, what I suspect happened is aftermarket rims were fitted to the vehicle, and didn’t fit.
Either way, it would have been the entire wheel most likely.