Lost a wheel

[mhuppertz]

After rebuilding my entire front end, I had a disturbing, intermittent and slight shake. Today I got my answer when I felt a big shudder and saw my left front wheel pass me on the freeway... I forgot to torque the lugnuts after all that work..



Anyway, the vibration went away for a few seconds until me truck realized it was now a trike. I pulled over and started down the freeway on foot to collect my wheel and this a-hole in a gasser Dodge pulls over, throws the tire in the back of his truck, looks at me then takes off!!! THere I was with three broken studs and no spare, and no floor jack.



Got my son to bring me new lug nuts, a floor jack and my spare, but now I need to find another American Racing wheel...



Anyone have any of these wheels laying around?

[dazedandconfused]

I lost one Monday turning into work. It started to shake just before the entrance and as I turned in the drive it snapped off. Sucks the guy stole your wheel though.

[PToombs]

Looks like you need a rotor too! I hope you meet up with that scumbag and get a chance to work him over. The rim was probably no good if it was running loose, but now you'll never know. I know scrap is up, but that's pretty bold!

[ellis93]

Man that sucks on both counts. Like Mr Pete said , hope you catch up with the tire thief.

[Tacoclaw]

Same thing happened to me, although it was in a Ford Ranger. Weird how it never seems to get into the fender when it happens, isn't it?

I can't believe someone just stole something in front of you... You get their plate or anything? Stealing sucks, but to do it in a situation like that is just baffling. I mean really, how low can you get?

Pete's also right, a loose aluminum wheel is almost always a junk aluminum wheel, especially with a Cummins leaning all over it while it flops around. Good bit of aluminum on those studs.

[mhuppertz]

Just took off one of the remaining wheels and they are rated to 3,700 lbs, which might not be enough.

[Richie O]

He stole your rim, in front of you. That sucks. Talk about balls, some people. Sorry I laughed, but that is frigged up!! I have lost 2 rears over the years. One got the rear fender real bad, the other never hurt the metal. I lucked out and found my rims before some joker took it. If a guy did that to me I bet I would have chased him till the front housing wore off and left the truck.

Still can't picture it. Looked at you, and took it??

[mhuppertz]

The wheel stopped about 300 yards ahead of me, and I was half way there when he pulled over, backed up and nabbed it. I'm sure I just stood there and stared for a long time with my mouth open.

[dazedandconfused]

If I were you he would be praying he never bumped into me. I lost one on a Ford in 05 after having tires just installed. I chased mine down the center diveder on the rotor then. I was spiting fire just cause it came off I can't imagine watching someone take it.

[mhuppertz]

If I were you he would be praying he never bumped into me. I lost one on a Ford in 05 after having tires just installed. I chased mine down the center diveder on the rotor then. I was spiting fire just cause it came off I can't imagine watching someone take it.

If I find him, I will make him "uncomfortable"..

[slow_90firebird]

its almost hard to believe, what kind of people so many americans have become lately...

if I lived down there I would probably have been packing heat and that jerk would have plenty of lead in his tailgate to bring to the scrapyard too...

[cumminsbo87]

I too had a wheel come off on mine. I felt it jerking and thought my rear end was locking up at 60mph. so i pulled over and just so happend all but 1 wheel stud had broke and that was all was holding up my front end. Towed it home and right after it came off the rollback the last wheel stud broke and it flopped over lol

[ahale2772]

yep, ive had the samehappen with my left front as well. had a set of amrican racing alumy's and they rotted behind the lugs andloosened up, broke all sorts of lugs and fried a rotor, thanks god i pulled over as I felt the vibration, soon as I pulledon to the median it fell off and rolleddown a looonnngggg hill, On rt95 in Ma....UGHH i feel ur pain

[1arock]

I've never lost a wheel off my truck, but i have lost trailer wheels before. WHY do they always pick up speed and pass you? Rocky

[Mark Nixon]

Was it a Native American needing a firewater fix?
Nothing humanity does in a time of "need" really surprises me, good or bad.

I trust aluminum as far as I can throw it, which isn't far.
If you need a rotor or hub, I should have a spare.

Mark.