[Spridgets] Wow good save.

[Linda Grunthaner]

Thanks Frankie, yea it would have been disastrous to say the least. Glad it
got louder before the BQE ; )
Lin

On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 1:59 PM, Frankie Clarici 4th <clarici at verizon.net>wrote:

> Whew. That was close glad you did not have any mishaps
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Oct 23, 2011, at 1:05 PM, Linda Grunthaner <grunthaner at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > List,
> > I was driving on the BQE (Brooklyn Queens Expressway) Saturday and they
> are
> > still doing construction (for the last 8 years of my weekly driving) and
> a
> > long stretch of road was really bad. By the time I got off the road to my
> > exit my front end had a bad rattle. It continued to worsen and I actually
> > pulled off the road to check for a flat tire (all 4 new tires). No flat
> but
> > still really bad rattle and I wasn't sure I'd get to my partners
> apartment
> > without a breakdown. I got to my destination only to find a loose plastic
> > guard thinking problem found. Today on my way back to NJ it seemed to get
> > worse. At the last minute I pulled over before getting back on the BQE
> and
> > decided I'd check the ball joint bolts to see if they were loose and
> thank
> > God I did. All the nuts were loose to the wheel. I removed all 4 nuts (I
> > bought new lug nut replacements when I got the new pre-loved mag style
> > wheels last month but no time to install yet) and inspected the threads
> > which were fine and installed the wheel back on the car.
> >
> > Replacing the lugnut's today the drive home was quiet and I was grateful.
> > Lin
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