D'oh!!!

[batstiva]

Okay, here's my tard move for the week. The steering started getting a little squirrely on the Stiva the other day. Not terrible, just felt like sometimes the wheels weren't turning as smoothly as they had been. All sorts of really bad, expensive, time consuming repairs flashed through my mind.

Put the front end up in the air. Nothing loose, nothing broken, everything seemed correct. Front end back on the ground. Just for S&Gs, retorqued the lugs, and guess what?? No more steering problems. :banghead:
Guess when they say retorqued them after so many miles, they mean it. :tard:

[Wldfire]

Great Tip! Thanx! Something that's easily overlooked.

[thered56]

Yes, I've overlooked that before...embarassingly enough...

[eurotiva]

Same here......Left one loose leaving the dragstrip one night. Wasn't torqued at all.

[ejp2fast]

at least a wheel didn't fall off!

[Stivadiva]

I've had a wheel fall off on a Porsche 914 because the lug nuts were not torqued down. That thing was such a piece of crap, though, that this was not the only thing falling off.

[Stivadiva]

To clarify the above, I was not driving the car at the time. Somebody else was. Thank goodness!

[Festiva_tunner]

I've had to repair many a untorqued wheel that comes off going down the highway - its not pretty

[ejp2fast]

wow porsche 914? I love the looks of those cars! i'd like to have a 914-6 for a auto-x car.

[Stivadiva]

You would not have wanted this Porsche 914, believe me!