Mad Hatter
Gotta go Faster
A lesson on keeping everything on your car at 100% (and not being lazy 
).... A while ago I had a whole pile of ARP studs seize on me and looks like it was a overzealous helper with a lot of muscle who overtightened the lugs... some 5 of them broke in off in one day (since then used a torque wrench). So while I was waiting for new ARP studs I had some made up here at a shop to make a race date... Was a bad idea. They lasted about a year...
Since my car is waiting for 5th gear syncros to arrive, I went to watch a local race in the Boss and on the way home, in a three lane tunnel, I saw my rear wheel come off and pass me, was very busy with Sunday traffic and had a hell of a time waiving speeding cars down so they wouldn't rear end me... After getting a tow truck to take me out of the tunnel, I had a chance to inspect the rear wheel, had two of the local studs broken off and the three remaining ARP studs still there. Lucky for the car the big BMR relo bracket kept the rear disc of the ground and the car had minimum damage. The wheel made its way at high speed through the traffic with out hitting anyone for 500m(lucky!!) and I managed to recover it with no dramas. I was a twit for not changing the studs earlier as they were sitting in my tool box....
).... A while ago I had a whole pile of ARP studs seize on me and looks like it was a overzealous helper with a lot of muscle who overtightened the lugs... some 5 of them broke in off in one day (since then used a torque wrench). So while I was waiting for new ARP studs I had some made up here at a shop to make a race date... Was a bad idea. They lasted about a year...Since my car is waiting for 5th gear syncros to arrive, I went to watch a local race in the Boss and on the way home, in a three lane tunnel, I saw my rear wheel come off and pass me, was very busy with Sunday traffic and had a hell of a time waiving speeding cars down so they wouldn't rear end me... After getting a tow truck to take me out of the tunnel, I had a chance to inspect the rear wheel, had two of the local studs broken off and the three remaining ARP studs still there. Lucky for the car the big BMR relo bracket kept the rear disc of the ground and the car had minimum damage. The wheel made its way at high speed through the traffic with out hitting anyone for 500m(lucky!!) and I managed to recover it with no dramas. I was a twit for not changing the studs earlier as they were sitting in my tool box....
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