Re: Damn lug nut!!!

["Chris DeLong" <green536@hotmail.com>]

Just my .02$

I once drove on 1 lugnut for about a month (400 miles) and had no problems.


>In a message dated 7/29/00 6:23:50 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
>chungsteroonie@yahoo.com writes:
>
><< Can you drive at all with only 3?  >>
>I can answer this one.  In my early days of working on my first Scirocco, I
>forgot, once (and I emphasize once) to completely tighten all the lug bolts
>on one of the wheels.  Later in the week, I was cruising on the highway to
>get to a Friday night session of a swim meet when BAM!  The wheel fell off.
>I lost 3 lug bolts and one was sheared off in the hub.  I drove home at the
>end of the weekend with only 2 on that wheel.  So, to answer your question,
>yes, you can drive with 3.  I wouldn't recommend it that way forever, 
>though.
>No one blast me on tightening the bolts, I have a compressor now, but I 
>guess
>I should put on my flame suit anyway.
>
>S
>
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Chris DeLong
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