[Spridgets] ok, who tech'd this car?

[Flash.]

I heard he had torqued the lugs, but was using "the wrong ones" so perhaps
wrong thread pitch or something of that nature.

On 6/13/07, Daniel1312 at aol.com <Daniel1312 at aol.com> wrote:
>
> I'm a tech official and it wasn't me.  On my first meeting as a licencsed
> tech official I sent a car away because the wheels weren't tightened and
> it
> simply wasn't ready for inspection.  Note, that in my 2 years of training
> I had
> never seen a car rejected in that manner so it was a big thing for me.
>
> Once had a car lose a wheel that I had done the tech on.  However, it
> turned
> out the driver changed the wheels between tech and practice and
> racing.  After
> he swapped the wheels he forget to torque them up.  The first nut works
> loose
> and then the rest shear.
>
> Have seen a big racing slick, wheel, brake caliper & disc clear a 12 foot
> catch fence at NIGHT after a hub failed.
>
> Daniel1312 - working at home today!
>
> In a message dated 13/06/07 12:24:35 GMT Daylight Time,
> wsthompson at thicko.com
> writes:
>
>
> > http://www.teamjamoto.com/dixeregionpage.htm#v8301600
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Wm. Severin Thompson
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