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Car Forum / Toyota / Toyota Cars / February 2008AAARRRGGGHHHHH!!!! (Automotive...)
DAMN! I was going along dishing out papers at 4:30 AM, and the clicking from the front axle got REALLY bad!!! OK, 2 miles to the Country Store, that has a well lit parking lot... 1 mile....clunking getting REALLY REALLY bad, only in D. In R, no clunking. Hmmm....there was that branch across the road back there, maybe a piece in the driveshaft? Maybe the driveshaft (rear) is coming loose? Gee, it looks NEW...U-Joint? SHOOT! Missed that guy! Screw 'em...no, gotta go back. Pull into driveway...sounds like rubber rubbing?!?!?! OH! Two lug nuts gone on rear wheel, one held by 7 threads, one held by 3 threads!!! NICE! Wouldn't have made it to the store! When I first saw it, it looked like the rear axle was pulling out, then I saw the missing nuts. Wrong style nuts. And nobody has the right ones! Oh, and I checked the torque after 100 miles of replacing the tires... > DAMN! I was going along dishing out papers at 4:30 AM, and the clicking > from the front axle got REALLY bad!!! OK, 2 miles to the Country Store, [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Oh, and I checked the torque after 100 miles of replacing the tires... That's it? By looking at the subject line I thought you drank a bit of Captain Morgans and went for a drive. (Those were the days) :/ >Hachiroku ???? wrote: >> DAMN! I was going along dishing out papers at 4:30 AM, and the clicking [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] >That's it? By looking at the subject line I thought you drank a bit of >Captain Morgans and went for a drive. (Those were the days) :/ The Captain is a great captain...LOL  SignatureScott in Florida >> DAMN! I was going along dishing out papers at 4:30 AM, and the clicking >> from the front axle got REALLY bad!!! OK, 2 miles to the Country Store, [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > That's it? By looking at the subject line I thought you drank a bit of > Captain Morgans and went for a drive. (Those were the days) :/ LOL! Crown Royal, my friend! On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 04:12:26 GMT, Hachiroku ???? <Trueno@ae86.gts> wrote: >> Hachiroku ???? wrote: >>> DAMN! I was going along dishing out papers at 4:30 AM, and the clicking [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > >LOL! Crown Royal, my friend! What do you do with the blue bag? >>> Hachiroku ???? wrote: >>>> DAMN! I was going along dishing out papers at 4:30 AM, and the [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] >> > What do you do with the blue bag? My '88 Supra has an Automatic tranny. I want to put in a 5-speed. What a COOL shift boot!! I also use them to carry various tidbits around, guitar picks, cameras, etc... > OH! Two lug nuts gone on rear wheel, one held by 7 threads, one held by 3 > threads!!! NICE! Wouldn't have made it to the store! > > When I first saw it, it looked like the rear axle was pulling out, then I > saw the missing nuts. Wrong style nuts. And nobody has the right ones! Is the car supposed to use 12mm lug nuts but instead has 1/2" lug nuts, which are about 12.5mm? I once bought the wrong size theft- resistant nuts because the store display had a 1/2" stud where a 12mm one should have been. >> OH! Two lug nuts gone on rear wheel, one held by 7 threads, one held by >> 3 threads!!! NICE! Wouldn't have made it to the store! [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > nuts because the store display had a 1/2" stud where a 12mm one should > have been. It has 12x1.25. That's what the bling nuts were, but some doofus must have installed them on a 12x1.50... The nuts that are supposed to go on this car are 'mushroomed' at the bottom, not tapered. Very, very hard to find... |
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