Runaway tire - fixed and resolved

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Runaway tire - fixed and resolved
Topic Started: Mar 9 2010, 12:43 PM (218 Views)
BryanTheGhostRider	Mar 9 2010, 12:43 PM Post #1
Posts: 846 Group: Valued Members Member #1,909 Joined: Feb 25, 2010 Location Austin, Arkansas Year/Make/Model 94 Geo Metro	So I changed the trans fluid with syncromesh and added a cone air filter to the geo. I also cut the bad exhaust off at the glass pack and noticed it drove much much better. I didnt have time to make any of the guides I wanted to make... So after I changed the trans fluid I went out for a test drive...and guess what. I forgot to tighten the lug nuts back down. F! I pulled over right as the the wheel fell off and relized my lugs were gone...and my jack was half a mile away. I walked back home and got my jack and had to take one lug off of my other wheels. The threads were all ruined. F! I forced them on and limped home. After relizing the "spare" lugs that came with the car were stripped too. F! I limped over to Orilleys and told them what happened. I had to buy 4 new lug kits. I had an hour to get the damn thing apart so I could take my gf to work. (50 miles away) F! I started taking it all off, I borrowed tools to get everything off. Had to use the tire to lock up the front brakes and eventually got the thing off by using 2 bottles of PJ lube stuff. The whole thing is all rusted together. I stripped a bolt and was lucky enough to know the manager who let me borrow his diamond cutting socket set. It cut into the bolt and I managed to get it off. After smacking the cover off (and hitting the freakin rotor twice) I got the parts. Then the store closed. The owners were nice enough to stay and wait for me to finish. I have to go back and pay for the PJ stuff. I bought the parts when I first got there. 25 bucks b/c all he had was the nice chrome lugs. I made it in time, got my girl to work, then went home and passed out for 4 hours before getting up to drive out, get her, bring her home, and come back to school. (about 50 to 60 miles each way) It seems to be holding up ok. I need to tork everything today so that I know its safe...Im getting new tires in 2 days so I might just have the shop double check everything. Lesson Learned: Tighten the F'in Lug Nuts.



Johnny Mullet	Mar 9 2010, 08:38 PM Post #2
"Geo Whisperer" Posts: 5,613 Group: Admins Member #1 Joined: Sep 7, 2008 Location Ashtabula, Ohio Year/Make/Model 97 & 98 Metro	I had that happen when I was young. I was driving a 1975 Firebird, had a flat, and put on the spare. Kept hearing this noise from the rear everytime i let off the gas. I continued to accel and decell and it got worse and worse and worse ....................



enginedoctorgeo	Mar 9 2010, 08:43 PM Post #3
Posts: 996 Group: Tech Certified Member #1,708 Joined: Jan 20, 2010 Location Memphis, Tn Year/Make/Model 95/geo/metro	LOL, I had close to the same thing, my dad had a 60 model gmc truck and he let me do the brake job on one side of his truck on the front. Well did the brakes and also packed the wheel bearings. Put the job back together but forgot to put the washer on the bearing back on. Needless to say, somehow he made it to work the next day (because he did not work very far and back home, walked in the door and said son something is wrong with the truck it is making a noise on the side you did. Looked on the ground and there was the washer. Needless to say, had to do it all over again. Atleast he made it home without it running off on him. Never had a lug nut problem, but when I worked for Roadway they used to have a lot of run off tires because mechanics would not jam down on them trailer lugs. Mostly I go the other way, I over tighten and thats not good either. Edited by enginedoctorgeo, Mar 9 2010, 08:46 PM.



Jittney	Mar 9 2010, 08:44 PM Post #4
Anchorage, AK 93 & 94 Posts: 359 Group: Tech Certified Member #1,658 Joined: Jan 9, 2010	that is quite a story



CityConnection	Mar 9 2010, 09:10 PM Post #5
This is you, so you must be online Posts: 753 Group: Tech Certified Member #1,190 Joined: Sep 8, 2009 Location Magalia, CA Year/Make/Model 1993 Geo Metro G10/5	Years ago I had a Thunderbird SuperCoupe and I removed the front wheel to inspect the brakes. I put it back together and had this knocking sound. Come to find out, yes, I didn't tighten the lug nuts all the way. The real bummer was I missed out on a dyno day because I didn't feel safe driving the car with the knock/wobble.



metro_fiend	Mar 9 2010, 11:20 PM Post #6
Posts: 273 Group: Valued Members Member #1,349 Joined: Oct 25, 2009 Location Nova Scotia Year/Make/Model 95 Geo Metro Lsi	well that really sucked



Cobb	Mar 9 2010, 11:29 PM Post #7
Posts: 1,396 Group: Valued Members Member #454 Joined: Feb 9, 2009 Location richmond, va Year/Make/Model 99 chevy metro hatch back	If you get alloy wheels, you need to recheck them a few hundred miles later. Glad you didnt screw up the wheels or get a tire caught up in your fender or drive up and over your own tires.



Choppydrivesageo	Mar 10 2010, 12:44 AM Post #8
Posts: 279 Group: Valued Members Member #904 Joined: Jun 24, 2009 Location Denver, Colorado Year/Make/Model 1993 Metro Xfi	Dude that sucks... I feel for ya man. Three times I have forgotten to tighten my lugs. Thank Jebus I only went a few feet down my drive way and noticed the noise and got out and tightened them. In fact pretty much every time I do work on my car I forget SOMETHING.



Sc_frontier	Mar 12 2010, 01:40 PM Post #9
New Member Posts: 11 Group: Members Member #1,972 Joined: Mar 10, 2010 Location Sherman Texas Year/Make/Model 1994 Geo Metro	i did the same thing and was wondering why the car was steering so strangely. Luckily I was just out of the driveway.



billy508	Mar 12 2010, 02:04 PM Post #10
billy508 Posts: 1,165 Group: Valued Members Member #192 Joined: Nov 10, 2008 Location Pensacola Florida Year/Make/Model 93 geo metro vert, 1980 f150 truck, 85 toyota celica	I used to have a old 51 Ford. I swapped tires with a guy and didnt tighten the lugs. There was a pretty long bridge on my way home. It had a long sweeping curve just before the bridge. It was about 2 am and I was moving on , when in the middle of the curve I saw a wheel got by. Yep it was mine. I slid to a long spark producing stop and quickly grabbed the spare as my wheel went right into a dock where there were a lot of boats. I could just see my tire in someones wheel house. While I was jacking and sweating a group drunks came up. They wanted to help me find the wheel. I got the spare on and limped home. I never did find the wheel, of course I never when back to look for it.



Mr Murf 59	Mar 13 2010, 02:07 AM Post #11
Looking like a lost Irish tourist Posts: 2,408 Group: Tech Certified Member #928 Joined: Jul 2, 2009 Location Humboldt Co. CA Year/Make/Model 94 Geo Metro 1.0L, 99 Chevy Metro 1.0L both 5spds	billy508 Mar 12 2010, 02:04 PM I used to have a old 51 Ford. I swapped tires with a guy and didnt tighten the lugs. There was a pretty long bridge on my way home. It had a long sweeping curve just before the bridge. It was about 2 am and I was moving on , when in the middle of the curve I saw a wheel got by. Yep it was mine. I slid to a long spark producing stop and quickly grabbed the spare as my wheel went right into a dock where there were a lot of boats. I could just see my tire in someones wheel house. While I was jacking and sweating a group drunks came up. They wanted to help me find the wheel. I got the spare on and limped home. I never did find the wheel, of course I never when back to look for it.



geminiheartz	Mar 13 2010, 04:50 AM Post #12
Ladybug's Mom Posts: 374 Group: Valued Members Member #1,042 Joined: Aug 1, 2009 Location Reno, Nv. Year/Make/Model 1996 (red) Geo Metro LSI - Auto 2 Dr. Hatchback	Mr Murf 59 Mar 13 2010, 02:07 AM billy508 Mar 12 2010, 02:04 PM I used to have a old 51 Ford. I swapped tires with a guy and didnt tighten the lugs. There was a pretty long bridge on my way home. It had a long sweeping curve just before the bridge. It was about 2 am and I was moving on , when in the middle of the curve I saw a wheel got by. Yep it was mine. I slid to a long spark producing stop and quickly grabbed the spare as my wheel went right into a dock where there were a lot of boats. I could just see my tire in someones wheel house. While I was jacking and sweating a group drunks came up. They wanted to help me find the wheel. I got the spare on and limped home. I never did find the wheel, of course I never when back to look for it. OMGOSH



geminiheartz	Mar 13 2010, 04:51 AM Post #13
Ladybug's Mom Posts: 374 Group: Valued Members Member #1,042 Joined: Aug 1, 2009 Location Reno, Nv. Year/Make/Model 1996 (red) Geo Metro LSI - Auto 2 Dr. Hatchback	Sc_frontier Mar 12 2010, 01:40 PM i did the same thing and was wondering why the car was steering so strangely. Luckily I was just out of the driveway. love yr avatar...i miss flower from the meerkat manor on animal planet



CityConnection	Mar 13 2010, 05:47 AM Post #14
This is you, so you must be online Posts: 753 Group: Tech Certified Member #1,190 Joined: Sep 8, 2009 Location Magalia, CA Year/Make/Model 1993 Geo Metro G10/5	http://geometroforum.com/topic/2956884/1/#new



jeff	Mar 14 2010, 01:15 PM Post #15
Posts: 374 Group: Valued Members Member #409 Joined: Jan 26, 2009 Year/Make/Model 1996Lsi/1998Geo/Metro	These things happen.....wait till if/when you have children *@%#$$#!!!!!! Glad U were able 2 make the repair.



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