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    Near disaster!

    I took my car to a shop yesterday to have the oil changed and the tires rotated. While I was driving the car this morning I heard some odd sounds and noticed a shimmy while making made a right turn. I took the car home and looked underneath. The suspension looked fine. I pulled the wheel cover off the left rear wheel and .......

    .... found loose lug nuts.

    1 lug nuts.jpg

    The other wheels look OK, but this one was a shade away from being a major problem.

    2 lug nuts.jpg

    I used my bumper jack to lift the car up to re-position and tighten down the wheel, and didn't take me long to decide that the bumper jack is completely useless. It wobbles so much on its base that the least bit of ground angle causes it to lean and collapse. I left it out of the trunk and replaced it with a scissor jack that I had bought.
    Last edited by ew1usnr; August 4th, 2014 at 02:18 AM.
    Dennis Pierson
    Tampa, FL
    "The Wonder Falcon"

    '63 Futura Hardtop (260, Ford-O-Matic, bench seat)

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