I watched a tire installer cross thread two of my front lugs and I made the store manager make a note on my receipt and sign it. Don't delay if you're going to try for any restitution. You really don't want to be 200 miles from home with that cheesy little VW lug wrench with a flat tire regretting your laziness. Bill M. On Wed, 17 Jul 2002 09:27:17 -0700 Stuart MacMillan <macmillan@ATTBI.COM> writes: > Ouch! > > The idiots at Wal-Mart not only overtightened the nuts but must have > cross > treaded the one you stripped out the stud on trying to remove. > > The studs are cheap, but may require the hub be removed to replace. > I > almost hate to say it, but you need to go back to Wal-Mart and make > them > (find a manager to do it) remove all the wheels and check the other > studs. > They should replace the damaged one, and make sure they use a torque > wrench > to re-tighten them! > > NOTE: do not try to remove the others without an air impact wrench, > you will > most likely damage them all! > > Stuart MacMillan > '84 Westy w/2.1 > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. |
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