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Re: Loose nuts cause problem
I have seen this kind of a thing a coupe of times. Once was when someone had their brakes serviced at a local high school and the lugs were left loose and, the other time was when soneone bought a car with loose lugs and went to drive it home. In both cases the all studs were broken off and the wheel came off within 5 minutes of city driving. As long as the threads on the studs did not get damaged they are fine and do not need to be replaced. However after looking at the pics the rim is toast.
As for the dumbness of this problem you can only blame the person that left the lugs loose. If you know nothing about cars you cant tell if they are loose by doing a walk around, and if you know a thing or two about 4WD's you might think that you have a bad CV joint and try to get the car home ways.
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His, 96 Limited, 5.2 Magnum, Magnaflow CatBack System, HID Head & Fog Lamps, 242 T-case swapped , Rear Trac-Loc. Chrome grill added to match the wheels.
Hers, 96 Limited I6, 242 T-case, HID Head & Fog Lamps.
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