Derf,
When I was young, fit and playing Rugby in England, I quite often broke off
lug nuts on my AN5 by lifting the car off the ground when making sure the
nut was tight!
Michael
----- Original Message -----
From: "derf" <derf247@gmail.com>
To: "Spridgets" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 9:51 AM
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] ok, who tech'd this car?
>I like your idea of the shoulder being too long. I was thinking he
> bought cheap lug nuts and over-torqued them. Some studs sheared and
> some maybe just stripped and let the lug nuts slide off.
> I've seen a video of that TR4 crash. I thought that TR4 broke an
> axle. Great video, the guy trashes the car and when he catches his
> breath he says something like "Well, that sucks."
>
>
> On 6/13/07, Wm. Severin Thompson <wsthompson@thicko.com> wrote:
>> Might be too long of a shoulder on the lug nuts. They "torqued up" by
>> bottoming out, but did not fasten the wheels tightly to the hubs. I was
>> that
>> nearly 15 years ago with a guy on the British Race Group Team, in a TR4
>> with
>> a surrey style hardtop. He lost a rear wheel coming in to 7 at Blackhawk
>> and
>> totaled the car when it rolled.
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