today i almost died!!!!

[focinite]

today i was workin on a jeep grand cheerokee( bout a 30,000$ car) and my tire tech did the tires. he got done so i asked him to tighten the rear tires for me, he said ill need to use yer gun to tighten the wheels so i dont need to hand tourqe them. i said ok the impact is on my cart , i saw him grab my impact and tourqe stick( calibrated monthly to 110 ftlbs) , i started to replace the front end parts that were sold and life was good. i managed to have CSK deliver the wrong parts twice( im pissed now cus my customer has to wait longer) i get the right parts and get the hulk of an suv aligned, take it out to verify the repair. i got into the throttle to test if the parts i replaced were not binding, at 50-55 mph it shimmied , i let off the gas and the right rear tire shot up and around the car!!!, now im on three wheels at 50 mph, i crank to the right to get the the car on the remaing tires, the front right lifts off th ground and i ( thank god!!!!!!!!!!) manage to drift on two wheels into the doolittles parking lot, i had to runn over to tohmas auto mall( about 100ft in front of me) to retrive the wheel. i called my night tire tecks and they brought jaks and all sorts of crap( a 600 yard run!) the cool thing is it managed to bend a dust sheild for the rear rotor and ground the crap outta the rear diff!!!!!! we got the wheels on and realigned and parts replaced(on TP's bill of course) before the customer came to pick it up. but now im drunk!!!( deal wiff it) and coming down from the adinalien rush. im happy to be here typing . good night!

[o2designs]

Good to hear your ok all....but...

You did'nt notify the customer of what happend?

[focinite]

Good to hear your ok all....but...

You did'nt notify the customer of what happend?

of corse!!!!!! its the right thing to do!!!!!

[mars]

WOW!! good to hear ur OK....

[o2designs]

did you figure out what happend then? Did the other guy just not tighten down the lugs enough?

[sc0tty8]

Speaking of lug nuts, my new car is getting 10 new ones, holy shit batman, a 5 foot bar and all my weight and they hardly moved then snap, rolled across the floor

Glad your alright. I'd say demote that guy to a lube tech, but, he would prob forget to put in oil.

[Y2k]

demote him is the way to go...

[Eleanor Focus]

this car must have had the same tire tech

http://www.guzer.com/videos/car_wheels_fall_off.php

and same with the motorcycle here

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/3217/off_with_his_wheel/

[HotRodWagon]

That reminds me ofthe time a friend of mine was doing skidpad style circles while pulling a 19' boat...needless to say the trailor didn't hang onand took a freedom ride across serveral lawns...what an idiot that boy was