Re: loose lug nuts question:

[Alan Lambert <gerard@domain.elided>]

Don't know about the odds of all four coming loose, but every reliable 
tire shop will tell you to retighten after 20>>50 miles. Perhaps some 
anti-seize got on the faces?

On Wed, 8 Sep 1999, Hieu Nguyen wrote:

> (This relates to my honda, not my alfa... i hope)
> I had my wheels aligned and balanced a little over a month ago. A friend and 
> I then took them off and put them back on three weeks ago tightening the lug 
> nuts to 80 ft lbs.  This past labor day weekend we took off my wheels again 
> to check out the suspension (to compare it to his car) and found the lugnuts 
> on the front driver side wheel were only finger tight. And yes, we checked 
> all the wheels after we put them back on. Questions:
> 1)is it possible for all 4 lug nuts to come loose after having them 
> balanced/aligned or after a long drive?
> 2)if it is possible what would cause them to loosen?
> 3)or could it have been some juvanile sole trying to be funny?
> 
> -t
> 
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Alan G. Lambert___________________________________<gerard@domain.elided>
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