Check your lugnuts and post lift torque specs...

[HiredHand]

I didn’t catch it when I watched the video the first dozen times, but someone else noticed that it was likely a wheel bearing failure. If you watch closely, you can see the brake rotor is still attached to the wheel. Makes you wonder if that wasn’t making some noise for awhile before the wheel came loose.

On a semi-relates note; I was pretty young when having wheels that stuck out way past the fenders was the cool thing that everyone had on their trucks. My dad told that wasn’t a good idea and would cause the wheel bearings to fail in a short amount of time.

 

[Chief Sapulpa]

Did you get your nuts off?

 

[264killer]

I stood & watched guy supposed to be rotating my tires at Hibdons take all 4 tires off. Then put them right back on where he had just taken them off . The guy who wrote up the order would do nothing. not even point me to a manger.

 

[2busy]

I've never used a torque wrench for lugnuts, never had one come loose. Never broke a stud. 4 way lug wrench is all I use.

 

[GeneW]

^^^ Yeah you can definitely see the rotor still attached.

The bearing/hub assembly failed. It may have had a LOT of miles on it. We used to repack front wheel bearings every 30,000 miles or so, it was routine maintenance. Now they're sealed, you run it til they make noise, or in this case perhaps catastrophically.

I'll betcha a buck the authorities did, or should have, impounded that pickup to see if possible owner neglect, not maintaining the vehicle.

 

[HiredHand]

“Officials with CHP are investigating whether the Chevy was modified, when it was last serviced, or anything else that may have caused the wheel to become loose”

CHP investigating terrifying crash caused by runaway tire

Authorities with the California Highway Patrol are investigating a wild crash that sent a car and its 29-year-old driver careening into a midair spin before crashing onto the road. The crash, which…

ktla.com

 

[cboss]

So you were the Sales Manager ?

Sorry I mean you no disrespect but I just couldn't resist myself.

Would have made more money, but I've learned I'm not the sales type. Basically, I was the lube tech that had the highest customer service ratings, so I trained all the new guys and did a lot of the things other guys weren't comfortable doing, like drilling out oil pans for oversized drain plugs