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Driving to work today, about 1/4 mile from my destination, I hear something metal pop or break and my car starts to lope on one side. Acts as if my left front wheel is oval instead of round.
I slow down and figure I’ve got a bad bearing or a ball joint or who knows what but it’s still running and I’m in traffic so I’ll go on…it’s not far…I can see the building from here.
So I pull into the parking lot and park real slow. Get out and look. I don’t see anything unusual but I’m sure not driving it home.
I call my garage, they send a tow truck. Driver asks me to back it out of the parking space. I back it up three or four feet and the front left wheel falls off.
Three lug studs missing with holes in the rotor stripped and two studs sheared off. Only one lug nut was found so I guess I was riding on one when it finally went.
I’ve been hearing some noise up front for a couple of weeks and last week, checked it out and found a loose tie rod end. Replaced that myself but the noise persisted. I was gonna take another look this weekend.
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Driving to work today, about 1/4 mile from my destination, I hear something metal pop or break and my car starts to lope on one side. Acts as if my left front wheel is oval instead of round.
I slow down and figure I've got a bad bearing or a ball joint or who knows what but it's still running and I'm in traffic so I'll go on...it's not far...I can see the building from here.
So I pull into the parking lot and park real slow. Get out and look. I don't see anything unusual but I'm sure not driving it home.
I call my garage, they send a tow truck. Driver asks me to back it out of the parking space. I back it up three or four feet and the front left wheel falls off.
Three lug studs missing with holes in the rotor stripped and two studs sheared off. Only one lug nut was found so I guess I was riding on one when it finally went.
I've been hearing some noise up front for a couple of weeks and last week, checked it out and found a loose tie rod end. Replaced that myself but the noise persisted. I was gonna take another look this weekend.