My wheel fell off!
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From: Lawrenceville, Ga
My wheel fell off! Yesterday at the track I sheared all five studs off the drivers side axle in the water box during my burnout! Has anyone had a problem with that?!?! It was on a Moser 12-bolt with the upgraded studs too. I am almost positive the lugs were perfectly torqued, even when I pulled off the other wheel it was torqued just like normal still. Can't explain what happened, I was only on my drag radials and only making motor passes, so it wasn't a power issue for sure! Sucks.
That's crazy! 
Are you running spacers in the rear? I would say you overtightened them but you already checked that. I would however take the other side tire off and check the studs for any stress cracks. It will be interesting to see what caused this.
Are you running spacers in the rear? I would say you overtightened them but you already checked that. I would however take the other side tire off and check the studs for any stress cracks. It will be interesting to see what caused this. Never heard of this happening with aftermarket studs. The only way they could fail is if they were overtightened. Might want to get your torque wrench sent out for re-calibration.
i have done it with spacers on the rear - i swear i had it properly tightened as well the lugnuts. after that, i grinde more and put the spacers in the trash. never another issue. usually its from loose lugnuts. give it a little room and that spacer is a knife! i had the stock studs from moser on my 12 bolt.
Originally Posted by gator's 99TA
i have done it with spacers on the rear - i swear i had it properly tightened as well the lugnuts. after that, i grinde more and put the spacers in the trash. never another issue. usually its from loose lugnuts. give it a little room and that spacer is a knife! i had the stock studs from moser on my 12 bolt.
Hey B1.... I was there and saw the whole thing. Tried to get someone's attention as you started your burnout but it happened pretty quick. Almost looked like they were loose to begin with. Lot's of side to side wobble before it came off. Can't imagine that little amount of time in the waterbox could do it. I'd say they'd been bent/stressed enough on previous launches that they were at the point of failure when you pulled up to the box the last time.
Good thing it happed when it did and not on launch or worse, at 1/2 track.... could've been real ugly.
Was gonna get w/you after they pulled it back out of the box, but figured I'd give you yer space.
Good thing it happed when it did and not on launch or worse, at 1/2 track.... could've been real ugly.
Was gonna get w/you after they pulled it back out of the box, but figured I'd give you yer space.
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Not fun is it? I did mine on launch though. We are very lucky it happened when ours did!
Not fun is it? I did mine on launch though. We are very lucky it happened when ours did!
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a buddy of mine had it happen on his 72 nova. all 5 on one side stripped completely, and they were tight. upgraded to 5/8 studs, and been good for the 3 years since...
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From: Lawrenceville, Ga
Originally Posted by LowETz
Hey B1.... I was there and saw the whole thing. Tried to get someone's attention as you started your burnout but it happened pretty quick. Almost looked like they were loose to begin with. Lot's of side to side wobble before it came off. Can't imagine that little amount of time in the waterbox could do it. I'd say they'd been bent/stressed enough on previous launches that they were at the point of failure when you pulled up to the box the last time.
Good thing it happed when it did and not on launch or worse, at 1/2 track.... could've been real ugly.
Was gonna get w/you after they pulled it back out of the box, but figured I'd give you yer space.
Good thing it happed when it did and not on launch or worse, at 1/2 track.... could've been real ugly.
Was gonna get w/you after they pulled it back out of the box, but figured I'd give you yer space.
That's cool, it wasn't a huge deal since nothing got hurt really. I made three runs coming off the transbrake before that last burnout so they could have been getting slammed around every pass and just finally let go. Everything worked out, I ended up just pulling both axles, and took two from the good axle to put in the broken side to get it onto my trailer. I did have to cut them down shorter to get them out though, with the extended studs and the backing plates I didn't have enough room to get them out. Those studs suck to cut with a hack saw! I'm going to upgrade them to a screw in type used on prostock cars, they are about twice the size of the ones I had, I figure if I have to fix it anyway I might as well upgrade as far as I can.
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Originally Posted by DrkPhx
That's crazy! Are you running spacers in the rear? I would say you overtightened them but you already checked that. I would however take the other side tire off and check the studs for any stress cracks. It will be interesting to see what caused this.
Are you running spacers in the rear? I would say you overtightened them but you already checked that. I would however take the other side tire off and check the studs for any stress cracks. It will be interesting to see what caused this.
Originally Posted by B18B1LS1
That's cool, it wasn't a huge deal since nothing got hurt really. I made three runs coming off the transbrake before that last burnout so they could have been getting slammed around every pass and just finally let go. Everything worked out, I ended up just pulling both axles, and took two from the good axle to put in the broken side to get it onto my trailer. I did have to cut them down shorter to get them out though, with the extended studs and the backing plates I didn't have enough room to get them out. Those studs suck to cut with a hack saw! I'm going to upgrade them to a screw in type used on prostock cars, they are about twice the size of the ones I had, I figure if I have to fix it anyway I might as well upgrade as far as I can.
Retourque after every pass. That was in the instructions with my Strange Axles.
I Check after every pass.
And spacers are bad news.
Sorry to hear your wheel came off. Did it damadge the car at all?
Brad
I Check after every pass.
And spacers are bad news.
Sorry to hear your wheel came off. Did it damadge the car at all?
Brad
I've never torqued down my lugs, usually just tighten 'em up with a 4-way tire iron, what exactly are the torque settings? Maybe I will start to torque them now after reading all this crap!
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Originally Posted by Loudmouth LS1
I've never torqued down my lugs, usually just tighten 'em up with a 4-way tire iron, what exactly are the torque settings? Maybe I will start to torque them now after reading all this crap!
I think the compressor tightens them much more than the 4 way. Two months ago, me and a neighbor had a HELL of a time taking the wheels off after the tire shop mounted them.