The Wheel of Destruction
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Not just lug nuts.. but your wheels load index. If your wheel is not load index at the same of above the load index of your vehicle, the wheel will suffer catastrophic failure. Just to add.. Clearly this truck was using wheel spacers and most of us should know what happens when someone doesn't install wheel spacers correctly.
Nick1994
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Just saw this video too. So likely the bro-dozer had a bad wheel bearing, or as mentioned above, wheel spacers that failed.
dnewton3
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That may well qualify for the poo-your-pants moment of the year, and it's only March.
That Kia hit the tire perfectly to be launched up and over.
Caused by some goof with o/s tires and probably wheel spacers that failed.
That Kia hit the tire perfectly to be launched up and over.
Caused by some goof with o/s tires and probably wheel spacers that failed.
Brake rotor is still attached to the wheel. So bearing/axle failure. Probably from those stupid spaced out wheels.
From this angle, looks like the axle shaft is still in there.
From this angle, looks like the axle shaft is still in there.
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A Kia? I guess inflation has gotten to everybody, even them Duke boys over in Hazzard County had to trade down the Charger to something more economical.
I wonder if pickup's owner's insurance company will pay. They may claim non-factory equipment may have been cause of fault.
If they even have insurance and haven't made a run for the border yet.
And I thought it was annoying that bro-dozers throw pebbles, sand and salt spray at my car when they blow by me. 
I hope that Kia driver is o.k., that was a hard landing.
I hope that Kia driver is o.k., that was a hard landing.
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The house we own was made available bcs a retired couple flipped on the way to a casino in La.
Place that rotated tires missed torque up on one …
Place that rotated tires missed torque up on one …
Happened to me, when a wheel spacer just broke in two.
Luckily nobody was hurt, but my wheel jumped over the road and into a river
Luckily nobody was hurt, but my wheel jumped over the road and into a river
Not related to the truck in the video. I know of three different people that lost a wheel immediately after auto service/tire mounting. Two were at Walmart auto and I believe that the third was at a nearby Sam's cub. That was all back in the 90's. They didn't exactly "own" the failures at first. I once checked my lug nuts after getting service at one of the world's worst Ford dealers. All four wheels had only 2 lug nuts out of five installed. They actually refused to replace them and I had to buy them. I walked back to the service bay of the guy that had worked on it. Lug nuts all over the floor. I was mildly cheered when they melted down and closed a couple of years later.
That is what happens when the factory established back set for the OEM wheels is changed.
Garbage reporting honestly. But that's not new news! Just so many people rely on those clowns for info
Did you notice that after the flipped car came to a rest, the still rolling offending wheel reattacked it? Now that's dedication.
I came close to losing a wheel TWICE after having my car inspected by the State of Virginia mandated inspection program in the early 1980s. In one case the inspectors (private garages) are supposed to check front brake pad wear and instead of removed the wheel lugs and then removing the wheel and then removing the front brake drum they simply took the nut from the front wheel spindle and pulled the complete tire, wheel and brake drum and checked the brake pads. But they over tightend the nut when they reinstalled everything and that evening the bearing gave out and the wheel went off of the car. The 2nd time, the inspector took the wheel off of the brake drum but forgot to tighten the wheel lugs when he put it back on. The next morning I was on a freeway in Lynchburg and couldn't get off fast enough when the lug nuts started flying off the car and they wheel was wobbling all over the place. In my opinion, the Virginia State inspection program created more dangerous driving conditions and ruined more cars than they corrected problems.
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