Re: Tighten _all_ the bolts

[SNixon5523@aol.com]

I've got to chime in here with my experience.  About 3 years ago, I was 
cruising along the highway at about 6 in the evening on my way to a swim meet 
with a fellow coach.  About 10 minutes from the pool, the car starts to shake 
and rattle like mad; the steering wheel is jiggling all over the place.  Then 
all of a sudden, WHAM!  The front end takes a nose dive on the driver side 
and I watch my front wheel go flying by.  Let me tell you, driving on a brake 
rotor is not fun, sparks were flying everywhere.  I managed to get the car to 
the side of the road, find the wheel -- it had bounced over to the other side 
of the road and into a ditch, amazingly not hitting any other cars.  A guy 
who was behind us and saw everything pulled over and gave us a ride to the 
pool.  I had done some brake work a few days before and hadn't tightened down 
the appropriate bolts.  I have since gotten a compressor and air tools, so no 
more having to remember to tighten those bolts after letting the car down.

Stewart

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