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Title: Travel Tip- Always have tight nuts
Post by: rich67vw on June 15, 2014, 08:41:34 pm
How many times does this happen to you? :confused04:;


You're in a rush to catch a flight, and that morning your better half says " Do you want to leave your car jacked up like that ?" So you put the tires on, torque the nuts to 5 ft lbs with your one good arm, lower the car, and away you go. And you come back a week later barely remembering your name let alone whether you tightened your nuts. Lo and behold, you scoot in your MugBug II and go about 1/4 mile on your way to the picnic, and think " Man, that loose sway bar is making a lot of n----. as you finish the word "noise", you see a familiar 15 inch radial tire roll past your MugBug II on the way to the Picnic by itself. &^rofl

Thanks Glen for stopping and helping me out.  =+grouphu9 Luckily, on a nice hot day, a cool breeze came by when Ty and Rose drove past.  #@rofl3,