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Old Jul 27, 2011 | 06:50 AM
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Sooooo...JUST got my nitto mud grapplers Monday. Last night, the spacers sheared my studs from the wheel hub and my left rear tire went bouncing across the street downtown. Anybody else have this happen to them? rough country spacers are evidently bad???
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Old Jul 27, 2011 | 06:53 AM
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Wow! Sorry to hear that!

Ive been wanting to get some spacers for mine 1.5 did not know i that could happend
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Old Jul 27, 2011 | 06:54 AM
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Mine were 1.5" so now instead of being cheap, I'll just bite it and get some real offset wheels. If you do spacers, just be careful haha. Or just bite he bullet and get some real wheels.
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Old Jul 27, 2011 | 06:58 AM
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nothing else was hurt on your axle?
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Old Jul 27, 2011 | 07:02 AM
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Looks like it was a bent rotor, broken studs, and MAYBE, hopefully not, bent shock bracket. It was makin a noise so I pulled over and right as I hit the bump pulling into the gas station it dropped and slid maybe 3 feet and i watched the tire make it all the way across the busy intersection. Kinda funny actually.
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Old Jul 27, 2011 | 07:05 AM
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Did you locktight them on, have you been re-checking the torque after wheeling and or every tire rotation?
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Old Jul 27, 2011 | 07:13 AM
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Haha I kinda had to laugh at myself
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Old Jul 27, 2011 | 07:13 AM
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Loctite yes, they've been on for like 2 days.
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Old Jul 27, 2011 | 07:16 AM
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Did you remove the assembly clips before mounting the spacers?
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Old Jul 27, 2011 | 07:17 AM
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Originally Posted by staticfloor627
Loctite yes, they've been on for like 2 days.
Supposed to recheck them at 50 miles. Anyhow, that sucks , glad your ok, coulda been alot worse.
This is one reason I went spidertrax, more$$ but a extremely good track record.

Seems like it mausta lossened up being as that it sheared off the hub.
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