its been a long morning.

Greg K · Sep 1, 2013

Woke up and fed the boys and I, went down to town to get a paper and have coffee. That took a bit longer than necessary, when my loving wife went to pick up some fruit about 45 minutes away. We split up the kids, I took 2 she took 1. I went down to the shop with the 2 kids and when she drove by with a flat tire I waved, called 3 times, then texted for her to stop. 3 miles down the road she figured it out and texted that she needed help.
So I loaded up the kids and went there, ruined tire, waiting for me. The cheap tire wrench got bent up trying to loosen the lug nuts, went home for a socket set. Socket worked for one, odd sized and no other nuts would fit in the sockets. Went home again and grabbed a pipe wrench to use with the cheap lug wrench. Finally got everything changed an hour later. She then stopped at WalMart to get 2 new tires. Wall Mart couldn't get the other side lug nuts loose so they can't Mount the other tire. Grrrrrrr.
Finally to add insult to injury, after I got home and found the lug nut cap stuck inside the socket. Turns out that would have saved a trip and some cussing.

Anonymous-0 · Sep 1, 2013

That usually happens when it is -10ºF and blowing snow at midnight.

mick in il. · Sep 1, 2013

I learned something about tires sold by Wal-Mart, only Wal -mart will warranty. You cannot take it to the manufacture of tire because they will tell you that's it's not a true brand. Wal-Mart buys certain lines of tires from various manufactures and is marketed for Wal-Mart only.

js305 · Sep 1, 2013

Boy, do I know how you feel on this on. I have a '96 Chevy Lumina that has been a good car. Now it's extra and we use it when something else won't run. My son was driving it home one night, about forty miles away, and called and said he had a blowout. No surprise there, the tires were old and cracked. OK, I knew the jack was in the car but it's the one that came with it. He said the donut spare was up. That's good, I loaded my floor jack and tools and away I went, at midnight. I get there and my lug wrench would not budge the nuts. I tried several things in my tool box and nothing would break them loose. Short of getting my trailer, I went back to the house and got my 3/4 sockets and breakover, with a six foot piece of pipe, an air tank and my impact. For the life of me, I don't know how I didn't break all of those lugs off. One did shear, but the other four came off. My lesson to me is to periodically loosen and tighten all my lug nuts. I guess they had sand on them or something???? I do know they had not been off in maybe 8 or 10 years.

Frank 41 · Sep 1, 2013

Put some anti-seize on the studs next time like I do my semi tires.

showcrop · Sep 1, 2013

Wow you have all the luck!!!!!! only three miles from home.

Greg K · Sep 1, 2013

You're a glass half full kinda guy aren't you? Lol.
My reasoning was it would only take 5 minutes with
the air compressor ten feet away from where it was
parked.

FLOLDFORD · Sep 1, 2013

I know how you feel. I was in the shop one morning working wife comes out and says her and the daughter or going shopping. Look out a few minutes later and here she goes by with the right rear tire completely flat. comes back in a few minutes later and pulls up to the door of the shop rolls down the window and says her truck is not driving right!!! I ask her if she thought the flat tire had anything to do with it. Put the spare on it and sent her to the Ford dealer. New F150 with less than 5000 miles on it destroyed the tire only cost me a couple hundred!!!! She got a new Mustang GT in 07. Goes over to Tampa to see my sister and hits the curb in front of sisters house with the right front $300 later get a new factory wheel. Woman has never wrecked a car but she sure torn up some wheels and tires!!!

dbNga · Sep 1, 2013

I went to rotate my tires on the '02 F250 when it was due and if I had had a flat before I rotated the tires I would have had to call for back up because the alloy wheel was stuck/corroded to hub. I had to rig up 2x4, hammer, pry to get each wheel off. I greased up everything so it should be easier next time.

its been a long morning.

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