On May 12, 9:44*pm, Tegger <teg...@tegger.c0m> wrote:
> "Pangloss" <optimist@pessimist> wrote innews:F7-dnSmHe8OwpLvVnZ2dnUVZ_jSdnZ2d@comcast.com:
>
> > I pulled into a shopping center parking space right next to this real
> > small Honda beater (I think a Civic that was so old it must have had a
> > two digit serial number) and noticed that the RF wheel was missing one
> > of its four lug nuts. The driver was in the car so I walked around his
> > car to tell him about it, along the way noticing that the LF wheel was
> > in the same shape. When I told the jerk in the driver's seat about the
> > missing nuts, he told me-- in broken Spanglish-- to go F*** off.
>
> > My question is how long will I have to wait until his wheel(s) fall of
> > and he loses control of the car so I can see him upside down *in a
> > roadside ditch?
>
> Probably forever. Three lugs properly tightened are sufficient to hold the
> wheel on the hub. But your Spanglish guy is still a dummy for driving
> around this way.
>
> --
> Tegger
>
> The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQwww.tegger.com/hondafaq/

"spirited driving" with a four lug wheel with a missing nut can lead
to the wheel folding over on the weak axis described by the line
through the unsupported side of the two lug nuts and the hole in the
middle, which is why american cars went to five lug wheels a zillion
years back. that said, i've never heard even rumors of that happening
in the current generation of four lug wheel cars.