That happened to my Escort after a high school shop did some work on it.
The rear wheel fell off because the cotter pin was not installed or pulled
out. They were doing work on the engine not the rear end. Another
colleague had snow tires installed by the same shop and one wheel fell off
after all of the lugs came loose. Lesson learned. Don't trust your car to
a high school kid!
Jim Dwyer
London Ontario Canada
http://members.home.net/jmdwyer/jimdwyer.htm
----- Original Message -----
From: <Tburke4@aol.com>
To: <jmcneal@ohms.com>; <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: February 1, 2000 10:27 AM
Subject: Re: Hard lesson -- learn from my mistakes
>
> Jeff,
>
> That's a bummer, all right. I'm glad you and your son are OK. Though, VB
> didn't help matters at all, wire wheels falling off LBC's is not a new
> problem. I guess it reminds us all to beware of those many issues that
> stranded many drivers and made these cars such a challenge long ago.
Thrust
> washers, bad electrics, and oil leaks come to mind.
>
> I appreciate you having the honesty to recount this mishap. It's a
valuable
> lesson for me, my son, and many others. Come Spring, I'm going to
> double-check everything and let the guys at Motorhead give it a good going
> over before we go motoring.
>
> Keep the faith,
>
> Tom Burke
> 80 Spit
>
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