Miata Mailing List: October 1994, Message #19
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   From: "Kate W. Hughes 607/974-3861" 
Subject: Stripped Lugs
   Date: Mon, 3 Oct 1994 10:33:04 -0400

    	Has anyone had a problem with cross-threading the wheel lugs?  I've 
    changed my tires about two hundred times in the last four seasons and 
    never had a problem.  Til now... I lost two in one day.
    	At last weekend's event, I was sharing the car and had to leave in 
    a rush to catch a plane.  I was packing the car while my co-drivers 
    changed the tires, and one of the lugs got stripped.  drove home on 
    three then changed the tires again (to mount new streets) and found 
    another lug stripped on the other rear wheel.  I called Mazda 
    Motorsports for replacements and they said lugs were on a two-week 
    back-order.
    	All this made me wonder if it was a common problem.  Anybody?
    
    Kate
    '91 Mariner Blue Base