Good luck i suppose...

[gim_bob]

Well, I'm not quite sure how it happened, but my wheel flew off my truck today. I have to put a new rotor on it and have no idea how, anyhow... any advice would be helpfull.

[eventhorizon66]

remove wheel (sounds like this step is all ready done), remove caliper (3/8" allen), hang caliper (wire coat hanger), remove spindle cotter pin (needle nose pliers), remove spindle castle nut (cresent wrench), pull rotor off.  Easy peasy.

[Layne]

To install, reverse order. lol. when you put your wheel on, Torque those lug nuts. Drive for a few miles and torque them again!! My buddy has lost so many wheels on his honda due to not torquing those nuts.

[VileZambonie]

2 or 4wd?

[eventhorizon66]

2 or 4wd?

Oh, I guess I made a bit of an assumption there.

[gim_bob]

It's a 2wd 04 ford f-150, I know those lug nuts were on good, I don't know how it happened, but it did... I tried to post a few pics, but it says they are to large.

[Irish_Alley]

key word

It's a 2wd 04 ford f-150, I know those lug nuts were on good, I don't know how it happened, but it did... I tried to post a few pics, but it says they are to large.

[beastie_3]

You pissed someone off? Happened to my buddy at 65mph. I had to help go find his wheel later on after the wrecker and CHP couldnt find it and put it in my 66 mustang. It was 33". barely fit.

[choptop]

Do you have aluminum wheels on the truck, and how long did you drive it after you last tightened the lugs did it happen? I have had wheel nuts work loose on aluminum rims in the past which is why they retorque the about 200 miles or so. I check mine regularly

[VileZambonie]

Gim_bob it would have helped if you clarified what kind of vehicle you were talking about since I think everyone assumed it was a chevy. Perhaps someone was trying to steal your wheels and lost the opportunity. Always use a torque wrench not an impact wrench.

[smitty77]

Always use a torque wrench not an impact wrench.

And tighten in increments on opposite lugs, and don't go to max torque right off the bat.  Go about half way on all lugs, and then 3/4, then torque them tight.  If it were a 5 lug wheel, the pattern would be like drawing a star on paper.  I do at least 4 trips around the bolt pattern (2 trips at the specified torque), and then check at 100 miles, and maybe even 200 miles.

A month ago I saw a guy lose a front wheel in front of me 70 mph in a little mid-90s Saturn.  Big props to him for keeping the car in his lane and straight to the breakdown lane in rush-hour traffic.  The wheel kept rolling and bouncing down the highway for about a half mile or more.

Glad to hear you survived along with the truck.

[gim_bob]

yeah, there was a lot of traffic, so i know Im lucky, no there not aluminum wheels, but i do live in a complex that is not in the best part of town to say the least, any how that makes since that some one would do that. I don't regularly piss people off, but hey you never know right?

[beastie_3]

While at the auto parts store, get a set of wheel locks also.

[gim_bob]

wheel locks?

[smitty77]

wheel locks?

They're a special lug nut that requires a one-of-a-kind key to remove.  They come in a package of 4, one per wheel, for about $20.  Cheap insurance for sure.  The last set I had on the wife's PT Cruiser were from McGard.