Thursday, September 10, 2009

Always check it YOURSELF

Well, my SUV has an alignment issue and I let it go longer than I should. So I need to replace my front tires. In the meantime, I let the BIG place in town put my spare on and make the bald tire my spare..... Seems with power tools that should be easy peasy and I should be safe.

A few days later I was sure (from the racket) that I had a flat. I got out...walked around...stared...got back in and drove to work. At work I removed the cap over my hub...and found THIS...



yes that is as loose as it looks. I was able to tigthen ALL of them some and some of them ALOT. Honestly, this could have killed me.

3 comments:

Dogwood said...

Thanks for the heads up. Whenever I get the tires rotated, what happened to you is my biggest fear! I am so glad you were smart and did the check thing. We are POWERFUL ladies and PROUD! Dogwood

Daryl said...

SCARY!!!

solarity said...

Very glad my jeep has the nuts where I can see them. Must remember to look at the wheels more often.

Mary Anne in Kentucky