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what a day!
This has been a heck of a day!
Woke up to a message that my boat had beached during a storm last night. Driving P-car to work, pick up a piece of aluminum plate in my rear tire which shreds it. Take tire to auto store and have replacement fitted (buy a pair) Go back to car, fit tire and drive to auto store to have sister fitted. Released they have given me a mismatched pair and have that corrected. Drive to work, have boat pulled off of reef, looks like $30k damage. Arrange to meet friends for dinner. Driving (spiritedly) to dinner rounding an uphill hairpin and all hell breaks loose. Stop and rear wheel is hanging off, was getting dark so couldn't really tell what was going on. Call flatbed and get home. Realize numb nuts at auto store has over torque and stripped my wheel nuts which broke loose on the corner. Have sheared a couple of studs and bent the rest. Will disassemble tomorrow when it gets light, hopefully damage limited to what I can see. as I said, what a day!
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05-11-2013, 04:25 PM
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And I thought I had a bad day... Hopefully things improve.
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wow, stay inside and away from mechanical devices
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Go to sleep ASAP.
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Thats rough, sorry man.
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05-11-2013, 07:26 PM
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Wow! So sorry for all the bad luck!
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Well the warm morning sunlight has brought mostly good news.
Studs were not broker, they had been dislodged and pushed inside the hub. The new tyre is toast and the wheel is pretty chewed up on the inside rim, and the wheel well edge is rolled outwards. Managed to retrieve studs, re-assemble & take for short slow test. All seems good. Typical that this happens as the P-Car is my daily driver for the next few weeks! Going to the auto-store now for replacement lug nuts, using a set of anti-theft for now. Will be discussing the issue with the manager, !
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I would absolutely start there.
Also, it may be in your best interest to call your credit card company (assuming you paid for things on a credit card) and place a hold on the payment, just in case the auto store has no interest in taking responsibility. |
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Might want to consider having a conversation with the almighty about the boat as well ...
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Definitely a bad day. Learn from experience. Never, not ever, let anyone tighten your lug nuts. Have them hand tighten them and you show up with a torque wrench and properly do final tightening. These idiots tighten lug nuts with air guns that are never calibrated. Sorry to hear your experience.
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