jalopnik.com— Someone forgot to tighten the lugnuts methinks -- but whatever the reason -- it's pretty funny seeing an RX-7 lose all of its tires at once!
Jun 12, 2007View in Crawl 4
I don't have a 3rd gen, but I've got an '88. Mazda really got RX-7's right. They are amazing cars.I've never met anyone who didn't fall in love with their RX-7.My first and only car so far, and I can tell it'll always be my favorite
I work for an automotive repair company and I see vehicles towed in with missing "aftermarket" wheels all the time.The causes:1. Wheels have incorrect hub I.D. and hub centrics have not been installed to take up the gap around the hub resulting in poor clamp force.2. Incorrect lug nuts were used, either wrong seat style (conical instead of tapered or vice-versa) resulting in damage to the lug seats on the wheels and poor lug torque.3. Wrong thread diameter and thread pitch of lug nuts used. They seem like they went on tight until you put the the torque of a high speed turn onto them.4. Forgot to torque the lug nuts period (happens more than you think).People don't realize the forces the studs and lugs must endure and assume just any type of wheel faster will "just work".
courtesyflushJun 13, 2007
Wile E. Coyote is obviously this guy's mechanic.
smigge87Jun 13, 2007
What's the big deal? Righty loosey lefty tighty.
fantastcandy10Jun 13, 2007
I don't have a 3rd gen, but I've got an '88. Mazda really got RX-7's right. They are amazing cars.I've never met anyone who didn't fall in love with their RX-7.My first and only car so far, and I can tell it'll always be my favorite
cuoopsJun 14, 2007
heh, just imagine what he was thinking when that happened.
gemlarinJun 15, 2007
I work for an automotive repair company and I see vehicles towed in with missing "aftermarket" wheels all the time.The causes:1. Wheels have incorrect hub I.D. and hub centrics have not been installed to take up the gap around the hub resulting in poor clamp force.2. Incorrect lug nuts were used, either wrong seat style (conical instead of tapered or vice-versa) resulting in damage to the lug seats on the wheels and poor lug torque.3. Wrong thread diameter and thread pitch of lug nuts used. They seem like they went on tight until you put the the torque of a high speed turn onto them.4. Forgot to torque the lug nuts period (happens more than you think).People don't realize the forces the studs and lugs must endure and assume just any type of wheel faster will "just work".
engineerdivoJun 16, 2007
You really shouldn't mumble, because I can't understand a word you're saying.
trev0006Feb 15, 2008
How can all four wheels come off at the same time, usually there is on that is weaker then the rest. <a class="user" href="http://www.discountpartcenter.com/">http://www.discountpartcenter.com/</a>
crossersJul 14, 2008
He lost the wheels not just the tires!<a class="user" href="http://www.leannrimes.info">http://www.leannrimes.info</a><a class="user" href="http://www.shpe-sac.org">http://www.shpe-sac.org</a><a class="user" href="http://www.pmidsig.org">http://www.pmidsig.org</a>
abel1337Dec 4, 2008
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