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LMBmikeZ

also lug nuts don't just fall off 2 weeks later they normally fall off right away and the wheel will vibrate like a mofo once you loose even one lug nut! speaking from experience.

at 16 we used to f-around with a couple farm trucks and one day sure enough we didn't tighten (and I mean torque tight, they were hand tight with ratchet) and we didn't make it more then 100yds from the barn back down the driveway out to the fields!

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Holy

The wheel just fell off, there was some vibration seconds before it fell. There was a slight noise coming from that wheel for a few days, but nothing serious, i shouldn't have overlooked it.

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LMBmikeZ

well if it made noise for a few days then ya might be your fault........


might want to hold off on saying that to anyone else, like the shop or insurance.....

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SouthArk370Z

(my emphasis)

Are modern wheels that much different than back in The Good Ole Days? I had the lug nuts come loose on an old ('60s) Mustang (I snugged up the lug nuts before letting the car down and forget to torque them on one wheel) and the whole car vibrated after they backed off only 1/4" (maybe less). There was no doubt that something was very wrong long before it got to the point where the wheel would have fallen off.

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scottIN

Okay, you have two sets of wheels. Do they take the same lug length/ lug nuts? That may have been where your issue was. Wouldn't be uncommon for them to take different styles and it absolutely as to be the right style. But dang, on the front wheel you should have felt a vibration when the first lug nut came off just from being unbalanced.

Insurance will cover it, but I'd first get an estimate and then talk to my agent. It could be that you're better off paying out of pocket when you figure in the deductible + rate increase.