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Superflyer · 06-14-2011, 08:07 PM

I was going to bump the old winter tires thread but did not feel like it so here is a new one.

This is kind of a public service thing, when you get your tires changed over for the seasons and they say to take them back in at 100KM or so to get them re tightened they are not just blowing smoke.

I got my tires changed last weekend and today my wife called me saying she heard a thumping in the back of the jeep. I got home and took it for a drive and I heard it as well. I took a look underneath the car to see if there was something there and did not see anything. About an hour later it struck me that I just got my tires changed and maybe that was the case. I checked and 4 out of the 5 lugnuts on the rear drivers wheel were loose enough I could turn them with my hands! I tightened them all up and low and behold the sound went away and it drove better.

It was a miracle that the wheel did not come off considering she was driving deerfoot and stoney today with the kids in the car. It looks like the one lugnut was holding it on there and that one was a bit loose as well so it may have come off tomorrow when she was driving around. So make sure to get them checked even if it just yourself doing it.

06-14-2011, 08:07 PM	#1
Superflyer Close, but no banana. Join Date: May 2006 Exp:	Re Tighten your Tires I was going to bump the old winter tires thread but did not feel like it so here is a new one. This is kind of a public service thing, when you get your tires changed over for the seasons and they say to take them back in at 100KM or so to get them re tightened they are not just blowing smoke. I got my tires changed last weekend and today my wife called me saying she heard a thumping in the back of the jeep. I got home and took it for a drive and I heard it as well. I took a look underneath the car to see if there was something there and did not see anything. About an hour later it struck me that I just got my tires changed and maybe that was the case. I checked and 4 out of the 5 lugnuts on the rear drivers wheel were loose enough I could turn them with my hands! I tightened them all up and low and behold the sound went away and it drove better. It was a miracle that the wheel did not come off considering she was driving deerfoot and stoney today with the kids in the car. It looks like the one lugnut was holding it on there and that one was a bit loose as well so it may have come off tomorrow when she was driving around. So make sure to get them checked even if it just yourself doing it.