Merry Christmas, everyone.
This vehicle appears to have original suspension. I have owned it since 2011/12. I rarely drive it but recently almost lost a wheel due to loose lug nuts. Like within inches of coming off. The lugs were torn up from rim wobble and the lug holes on the rim were wallowed out so I had to use my spare. Replaced all of the lugs and nuts and couldn’t understand how the lugs were loose on both sides of the front. Since then the vehicle has sat for the better part of 6 months and was only driven once during that time, prior to today. I took her out this afternoon for a car bath and drove about 5 miles, and then stopped to fill up near the house. After fueling, when I turned to the left, the drivers side front wheel came completely off. I dropped down to the rotor. Thank goodness I was only travelling 5mph when this happened. (The road I was on is terribleso I didn’t feel much unusual, although I did hear something pop once as I turned in to the Quiktrip.) I could not feel any wobble when driving.
So I got to thinking that it was super odd for my lugs to get loose TWICE, and the the 2nd time was after literally less than 20 miles and the wheel came completely off. Has someone loosened my lugs, or are my suspension components so shot that my wheels are wobbling and pushing the lug nuts off?
I stole three lugs from the other three wheels and wobbled back home the last mile at about 10 mph. Now it is sitting in my driveway and wondering what I should replace before I safely put her back on the road. The bearings and hubs were fine when I went through this exercise the last time. Fine, as in still looked darn near new from when I replaced them 6 or 7 years ago.
A glance at my shocks this afternoon told me those bushings are toast, as are most of the others you can see from the front bumper vantage point.
What can I do in my driveway with jack stands and good sockets, wrenches, torque wrench, and a compressor?
Control arms, ball joints, etc. Someone give me a list of what I should be looking to replace? (Is that a reasonable request or too open ended?) It is funny this happened today, as I was just on Rockauto looking at control arms and sway bar bushings at around 5am this morning.
This vehicle appears to have original suspension. I have owned it since 2011/12. I rarely drive it but recently almost lost a wheel due to loose lug nuts. Like within inches of coming off. The lugs were torn up from rim wobble and the lug holes on the rim were wallowed out so I had to use my spare. Replaced all of the lugs and nuts and couldn’t understand how the lugs were loose on both sides of the front. Since then the vehicle has sat for the better part of 6 months and was only driven once during that time, prior to today. I took her out this afternoon for a car bath and drove about 5 miles, and then stopped to fill up near the house. After fueling, when I turned to the left, the drivers side front wheel came completely off. I dropped down to the rotor. Thank goodness I was only travelling 5mph when this happened. (The road I was on is terribleso I didn’t feel much unusual, although I did hear something pop once as I turned in to the Quiktrip.) I could not feel any wobble when driving.
So I got to thinking that it was super odd for my lugs to get loose TWICE, and the the 2nd time was after literally less than 20 miles and the wheel came completely off. Has someone loosened my lugs, or are my suspension components so shot that my wheels are wobbling and pushing the lug nuts off?
I stole three lugs from the other three wheels and wobbled back home the last mile at about 10 mph. Now it is sitting in my driveway and wondering what I should replace before I safely put her back on the road. The bearings and hubs were fine when I went through this exercise the last time. Fine, as in still looked darn near new from when I replaced them 6 or 7 years ago.
A glance at my shocks this afternoon told me those bushings are toast, as are most of the others you can see from the front bumper vantage point.
What can I do in my driveway with jack stands and good sockets, wrenches, torque wrench, and a compressor?
Control arms, ball joints, etc. Someone give me a list of what I should be looking to replace? (Is that a reasonable request or too open ended?) It is funny this happened today, as I was just on Rockauto looking at control arms and sway bar bushings at around 5am this morning.
