Millie Miglia EVO 5 came off front rotor
01-12-2003, 10:07 AM
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Millie Miglia EVO 5 came off front rotor
Just thought I'd share just how much of an idiot I am. Hopefully this will not happen to you.
Bought some 17" EVO 5's for my wifes 95 SE from the tirerack.
Wrapped in nice BF Goodwrench KD's too. Very sharp. Makes the car in a classy not too flashy way. ANYWAY!
When I took the old wheels off there was a hubcentric ring from the previous wheels that has rusted to the rotor. It was dark I didn't see it in my haste to get the wheels on. So they were doubly spaced. -VERY BAD.
In addition the tirerack sent me 2 different sized lug nuts. I figured it was a safety precaution so no one with a crowbar could get the wheel off easily. So I just adjusted the socket wrench and threaded the smaller lugs onto the wheel not realizing they didn't even touch the wheel because they felt secure and I was standing on the bar to torque em up nice and snug.
So you have a double spaced wheel, with two lugs actually holding the front driver wheel on. Recipe for disaster.
So my wife drives it the next morning and the front drivers wheel comes off at about 50 mph and flies down the road, makes it across two lanes of oncoming traffic (fortunately not hitting anyone) and lands in someones hedges about 70 yards down the road.
She turns sharp (not realizing the wheel even came off) cuts the rotor into the pavement creating sparks and totally screwing up that front quarter panel.
The tire was fine but the Wheel -stripped -
The bolts-stripped -
That rotor- dented warped and about to be replaced with some big brakes. So one good mod deserves another.
An expensive lesson. Heed my ignorance and haste and you'll have a better day than I.
Car still looks excellent witht the EVO's. Can't say enough about this wheel.
Bought some 17" EVO 5's for my wifes 95 SE from the tirerack.
Wrapped in nice BF Goodwrench KD's too. Very sharp. Makes the car in a classy not too flashy way. ANYWAY!
When I took the old wheels off there was a hubcentric ring from the previous wheels that has rusted to the rotor. It was dark I didn't see it in my haste to get the wheels on. So they were doubly spaced. -VERY BAD.
In addition the tirerack sent me 2 different sized lug nuts. I figured it was a safety precaution so no one with a crowbar could get the wheel off easily. So I just adjusted the socket wrench and threaded the smaller lugs onto the wheel not realizing they didn't even touch the wheel because they felt secure and I was standing on the bar to torque em up nice and snug.
So you have a double spaced wheel, with two lugs actually holding the front driver wheel on. Recipe for disaster.
So my wife drives it the next morning and the front drivers wheel comes off at about 50 mph and flies down the road, makes it across two lanes of oncoming traffic (fortunately not hitting anyone) and lands in someones hedges about 70 yards down the road.
She turns sharp (not realizing the wheel even came off) cuts the rotor into the pavement creating sparks and totally screwing up that front quarter panel.
The tire was fine but the Wheel -stripped -
The bolts-stripped -
That rotor- dented warped and about to be replaced with some big brakes. So one good mod deserves another.
An expensive lesson. Heed my ignorance and haste and you'll have a better day than I.
Car still looks excellent witht the EVO's. Can't say enough about this wheel.
01-12-2003, 11:36 AM
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Re: Millie Miglia EVO 5 came off front rotor
Originally posted by VQ Quick
Just thought I'd share just how much of an idiot I am. Hopefully this will not happen to you.
Bought some 17" EVO 5's for my wifes 95 SE from the tirerack.
Wrapped in nice BF Goodwrench KD's too. Very sharp. Makes the car in a classy not too flashy way. ANYWAY!
When I took the old wheels off there was a hubcentric ring from the previous wheels that has rusted to the rotor. It was dark I didn't see it in my haste to get the wheels on. So they were doubly spaced. -VERY BAD.
In addition the tirerack sent me 2 different sized lug nuts. I figured it was a safety precaution so no one with a crowbar could get the wheel off easily. So I just adjusted the socket wrench and threaded the smaller lugs onto the wheel not realizing they didn't even touch the wheel because they felt secure and I was standing on the bar to torque em up nice and snug.
So you have a double spaced wheel, with two lugs actually holding the front driver wheel on. Recipe for disaster.
So my wife drives it the next morning and the front drivers wheel comes off at about 50 mph and flies down the road, makes it across two lanes of oncoming traffic (fortunately not hitting anyone) and lands in someones hedges about 70 yards down the road.
She turns sharp (not realizing the wheel even came off) cuts the rotor into the pavement creating sparks and totally screwing up that front quarter panel.
The tire was fine but the Wheel -stripped -
The bolts-stripped -
That rotor- dented warped and about to be replaced with some big brakes. So one good mod deserves another.
An expensive lesson. Heed my ignorance and haste and you'll have a better day than I.
Car still looks excellent witht the EVO's. Can't say enough about this wheel.
Just thought I'd share just how much of an idiot I am. Hopefully this will not happen to you.
Bought some 17" EVO 5's for my wifes 95 SE from the tirerack.
Wrapped in nice BF Goodwrench KD's too. Very sharp. Makes the car in a classy not too flashy way. ANYWAY!
When I took the old wheels off there was a hubcentric ring from the previous wheels that has rusted to the rotor. It was dark I didn't see it in my haste to get the wheels on. So they were doubly spaced. -VERY BAD.
In addition the tirerack sent me 2 different sized lug nuts. I figured it was a safety precaution so no one with a crowbar could get the wheel off easily. So I just adjusted the socket wrench and threaded the smaller lugs onto the wheel not realizing they didn't even touch the wheel because they felt secure and I was standing on the bar to torque em up nice and snug.
So you have a double spaced wheel, with two lugs actually holding the front driver wheel on. Recipe for disaster.
So my wife drives it the next morning and the front drivers wheel comes off at about 50 mph and flies down the road, makes it across two lanes of oncoming traffic (fortunately not hitting anyone) and lands in someones hedges about 70 yards down the road.
She turns sharp (not realizing the wheel even came off) cuts the rotor into the pavement creating sparks and totally screwing up that front quarter panel.
The tire was fine but the Wheel -stripped -
The bolts-stripped -
That rotor- dented warped and about to be replaced with some big brakes. So one good mod deserves another.
An expensive lesson. Heed my ignorance and haste and you'll have a better day than I.
Car still looks excellent witht the EVO's. Can't say enough about this wheel.
is your wife talking to you?
01-12-2003, 12:22 PM
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Wow the Same exact thing happened to me a year and a half ago. Now i tighten the Shizel out of the wheels whenever i do anything to them. I had to get the rotor replaced, and some other stuff, It sucked.
01-12-2003, 12:26 PM
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Originally posted by TonyGotSkilz
Wow the Same exact thing happened to me a year and a half ago. Now i tighten the Shizel out of the wheels whenever i do anything to them. I had to get the rotor replaced, and some other stuff, It sucked.
Wow the Same exact thing happened to me a year and a half ago. Now i tighten the Shizel out of the wheels whenever i do anything to them. I had to get the rotor replaced, and some other stuff, It sucked.
Pick up a torque wrench & hit each lug with 85 ft./lbs. & you'll never have a problem.
01-12-2003, 02:30 PM
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Originally posted by KWheelzSB
You can warp a rotor that way. Maybe that's what happened to cause you to have to relpace the rotor?
Pick up a torque wrench & hit each lug with 85 ft./lbs. & you'll never have a problem.
You can warp a rotor that way. Maybe that's what happened to cause you to have to relpace the rotor?
Pick up a torque wrench & hit each lug with 85 ft./lbs. & you'll never have a problem.
Dave
01-12-2003, 03:47 PM
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Originally posted by chigga
damn that sux, what did ya wife have to say bout that one???
damn that sux, what did ya wife have to say bout that one???
If she hadn't wrecked her other 95 then she would have never had to rely on my incompetance to mod her new car... so really this is her fault. Yeah...that's right, her fault.
Actually I will never live it down.
oh well.
01-12-2003, 05:25 PM
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Originally posted by VQ Quick
If she hadn't wrecked her other 95 then she would have never had to rely on my incompetance to mod her new car... so really this is her fault. Yeah...that's right, her fault.
If she hadn't wrecked her other 95 then she would have never had to rely on my incompetance to mod her new car... so really this is her fault. Yeah...that's right, her fault.
01-13-2003, 05:53 AM
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Originally posted by chigga
at least shes alright. how much is that gonna run u to get it all taken care of??
at least shes alright. how much is that gonna run u to get it all taken care of??
As of now it was $300 to get a new wheel and tire remounted.
The front side panel is currently dented (with minor paint flaking and chipping) into the front driver door and it will not open. That is probably gonna run at least $500 to have put back in place and have the dents removed.
Right now it could be thousands more and I would consider it a deal since no one was hurt.
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