rocketrotary

I was driving down to my grandmothers house, and I started feeling a vibration when I let off the throttle. Eventually, it got so bad it sounded like I had a Jake Brake. I figured it was the bad U-joint so I tried to keep it from vibrating. I was just hoping that I could make it there without throwing the driveshaft. Then out of nowhere, my damned right rear flew off. It sheared all four studs, and I lost my brake drum, hub, brake line, shoes and springs. All I had left was the axle flange with the broken studs in it. Any idea what caused this? The lugs were tight. The only thing I can think of is the spacer that was behind the rim.

Vic

nseoi

daaaamn, i dont know about that but did the body of the car hit the floor or did the drum stop it?

rocketrotary

No, the drum flew off. I was in the interstate doing 70. The rear end dropped so far I thought I lost my whole rear end. The exhaust hit and punched a hole in my rear bumper... that wasn't cool

Vic

91lxstang

dude that sucks.... any pics of it? i cant think of anything that would do that if the wheel was on tight

rocketrotary

No, I didn't think to get pics of it... I should have. I didn't have any of my tools there either, so I had to have it towed to the local garage, so the towns only mechanic could fix it. It only cost me $400 though.

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primetime5.0

how much of a spacer? do you have extended studs?

Drexl

son of a bitch.. wow!
good thing you didnt lose er and wreck the entire car

91lxstang

yea ur lucky to keep control and still have her. whew could have lost another fox. But damn atleast you are ok and have a neat story to tell. Hope you get her back up and runnin soon

rocketrotary

No I didn't have extented studs... I'd say it was a 1/4" spacer. It's what was on it when I bought the car.

Vic

rocketrotary

She's already back up and running. I ended up driving it home yesterday. I wasn't too worried about the car at that point, I was more worried about the fact that my wife was following me. Luckily, the wheel went straight to the guard rail, and stayed there until it rolled to a stop, and I was on a straight stretch of road which helped me to keep control of the car. I got lucky!

Vic