near role over

[XfaCtoR]

anyone ever lose a left rear wheel at 75 on 495..=\
it hapen to me thursday..it came off and i saw it pass me then across the medien strip..boucing across the south side and into the woods, takeing out 3 inch trees till it layed to rest at the botom of some hill..mean while im im drifting across the medien on a side grade trying to fether the brake and keep it straight...she slides to a stop after 200 feet.
i get out to find the only damage done was to my brakes..my drum was pushed off and wheel silinder blow up..i need a brake job anyways, but thats not how i planed on doing it..AAA got me home and an 30 mins of wrenchin i was back on the trails...

lesses of the day..dont asume the new vib you feal is something your broke or bent from being stuck the day befor...check you lugs regulorly

[SPYDER]

good thing that was a rear wheel, or that could have been disasterous. thats one of my biggest fears, so i always check my lug nuts after a day of wheeling or just about every weekend.

[BlueLJ]

Front or rear, a situation I hope never to findmyself in! Glad to hear you and your rig are still in working order.

[jeepnut]

Being that I have Spidertrax wheel spacers, I re-torque the spacers
and the wheels to 110 ft pounds every oil change. I don't trust them
either. That being said, I have never found any lose. ;D

Sorry about your wheel but man, it could have been a whole
lot worse! Count your blessings.

Roger.

[XfaCtoR]

you gota stay cool, calm and collective...

[mikeswrangler]

I lost a wheel doing 70mph(I was going down hill haha) on 95 South. I was in my 94 cherokee with a 6" lift. I heard snap. My lugs broke off and my 32" allterrain went flying past me, it ended up seriously a mile ahead of me. I weas with my girlfriend coming home from school at night. It seriously sucked. All of a sudden the a** end went down and rode on the drum until I could stop, I was very supprised how it handled without a 4th tire. I had to be towed home and the next day I had to replace all the lugs in the axle and reinstall my Bushwacked flare.

[XfaCtoR]

at least im not alone

[JeepFan555]

glad to see your ok, that is one of my biggest fears. I am always scared of having a blow out but losing a tire is much
worse.

[chrometj]

happened to me in my dads suburban, wheel studs rottin out, but it just landed on the plow, i fawked up the road nice too!