i was driving to school and my rear driverside lug nuts came loose. on me. my question is, will i have done any damage to the car, rotors,etc..? i drove about 20 miles like this. i thought it was just my OEM jack bumping around. thanks

 

All 5?!?

How loose were they?

But if you could drive on it reasonably, probably wasn't that bad...

 

3 of them!

 

i think you should be fine if you weren't going excessively fast. i do suggest however investing in a torque wrench.

 

Stock Lugs and Stock Rims?

 

I dunno, it depends on how fast you were driving in that 20 min. It's more than likely nothing, but if it was thumping then who knows... highly unlikely, may have slightly bent some studs, possibly the spindle, etc. I would torque back the lugs and keep an eye on it for the next few days. Probably nothing though.

 

i'd pull the wheel off and make sure it didn't damage the threads or bend any of the studs while it was banging around.if all looks good,i'd throw the wheel back on and torque them properly.as said above-a torque wrench is a good investment.
were they stock lugs?
chris

 

You werent the guy last week that was insisting he could use his tapered lugs with the stock wheels were you?

 

u will be fine...... Is there a change someone was a beef with u... They could have losend the lug nuts

 

He has gorilla nuts on 5zigen div3 wheels.

 

that was me asking wondering what the diff in lugs were

 

i just retorqued my lug nuts. theres 2 small 2mm gashes on the hub part of the rotor. hope everything is okay. im worried and paranoid now

 

just keep an eye on it.. check them every couple days.. after you torqued everything and drove it, did you hear any sounds, feel any vibrations, etc? if not, everything is probably ok..

 

Just put some loctite on the threads of the lug bolts, that will stop them from backing off

 

Not a great idea. Use antiseize and torque properly.

Remove any paint or powder coating on the seating area of the wheel.

Warren

 

everything seems fine. no weird sounds. lugs arent bent and the thread is still good. im just paranoid that i fuged it up.

 

I know...

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Warren &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Not a great idea. Use antiseize and torque properly.

Remove any paint or powder coating on the seating area of the wheel.

Warren</TD></TR></TABLE> good post

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Denny &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">everything seems fine. no weird sounds. lugs arent bent and the thread is still good. im just paranoid that i fuged it up. </TD></TR></TABLE>

no rotor damage? You good to go then.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by epy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> good post

no rotor damage? You good to go then.</TD></TR></TABLE>

theres 2 small 2mm knicks on the hub part, but not the actual surface of the rotor.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by TypeR 599 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">He has gorilla nuts on 5zigen div3 wheels.</TD></TR></TABLE>

nice one ricer One day he might learn not to be one
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