I've bolted on a lot of wheels in my service station days, I don't think I could duplicate that timing with a hundred different Mazda's. What's the trick?
Jim

That's the amazing part, that all 4 went at once. I've driven with loose lugnuts a couple of times before on one or more wheels. I always heard an issue before something happened. I've driven 10-25 miles on wheels before they started making noise and I fixed my predicament.

I'm guessing that the stresses of racing, being different than regular driving, could have kept him from hearing/noticing until it was too late.

http://www.pelicanparts.com/support/smileys/wat6.gifhttp://www.pelicanparts.com/support/smileys/wat3.gifhttp://www.pelicanparts.com/support/smileys/clap.gif http://www.pelicanparts.com/support/smileys/lol2.gif I'm sorry, but I'm still laughing!! That was just funny as he11!! If I would've been there, I would've had to excuse myself so I could collapse and roll around laughing may a$$ off.

"m guessing that the stresses of racing, being different than regular driving, could have kept him from hearing/noticing until it was too late."

Not to pile it on, but this appeared to be an autocross. He must have traveled maybe 60 feet from the start line before ejeculation occurred. However, helmet on, adrenaline racing, engine revving, it's understandable he was focused on other events.

Sherwood

where was ashton kutcher ?

Hmm the current rumor is english nuts on metric studs.

Yeah, but how could you properly and successfully torque them on if that were the case? I've made that mistake, but was never able to torque them down. Ruined a few studs that way.

I'm betting he showed up with new "track wheels/tires" for the first time, took off the old ones, put on the new ones, finger tightened them, got side tracked with something (drivers meeting, etc), came back and forgot he hadn't tightened them, and never went through proper tech with them.

Now, I could be totally wrong, as I've seen stranger things happen. For that matter, that almost DID happen to me when I had my BBS's refinished, and that refinishing also included them mistakenly painting the lug nut flanges, which came loose after some heat got into them (first DE after they were refinished). They were properly torqued, but the paint un-bonded(?) from the wheel, and the lug nuts didn't hold.

Almost lost all 4 wheels going down a highway... pulled over, and they were all finger tight at best. Ended up getting it flat-bedded to the dealer to get the flanges properly cleaned up.

that can't possibly hold the wheel on as long as it did
english is reverse thread... they would fall outafter 5 meter , even when creeping up to the start line

sounds like elton john's wet dream

"english is reverse thread."

Actually, right hand SAE threads are like right hand Metric threads, but different OD and threads/inch or mm, or whatever. English threads are usually referred to as British Whitworth, another British invention alongside electricity by Lucas.

My attempts to thread metric to SAE and vice-versa result in maybe 1 1/2 threads of intimate contact before coming to a halt, that is unless one attempts to go past 1.5 with an impact gun, the results of which create the ultimate lock nut, or thread remover, whichever comes first.

Sherwood

The use of the handbrake on a car without wheels indicates an IQ below 80, which obviously had something to do with the wheels failure.

Aurel

I can actually see and understand why he'd do the hand-brake thing though... when you're in shock (like ANYONE would be when they see 2 or more wheels of their car go bouncing away and the whole car settling to the pavement) the body kicks in with learned/repetitive behaviour.

His brain was still probably trying to process what had just happened and subconsciously did the "park and get out of the car" routine.

Still makes for a great pic though. ;)

I never apply my handbrake at a motorsports event. I leave my car in gear with the engine off but I never apply my handbrake unless I am looking for warped rear rotors that weekend.

I am with Aurel on this one, 80 is a gift.

And he's got the shirt;

Straights are for fast cars.
Curves are for fast drivers.

Maybe he needs a "lug nut are lame" shirt.

Nice!
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1182047870.jpg

The shirt;
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1182047894.jpg

That's the funniest thing I've read all day, you just made me snort my pizza. :)

(djmcmath @ 10:39am)
"That's the funniest thing I've read all day, you just made me snort my pizza."

I would have felt more appreciative of your comments if you hadn't just awoken at 10:24am. Oh well, that might have been my 15 minutes of fame. :)

And why are you eating pizza for breakfast?

Have a nice day,
Sherwood

I actually hadn't just awoken -- I had been up for long enough that pizza was lunch. ;)