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hudock 02-08-2011 10:35 AM

wheel came off
 
Wife was driving jeep. Heard a flat tire sound. Checked was fine and went away.

2 miles later at low speed front wheel came.off. jeep is sitting on wheel.

Im heading there any suggestions? What am I looking for in terms of damage and causes.

Fender is done.

Diesel 02-08-2011 10:38 AM

Stud bolts, lug nuts, bearings.

You lose the hub assembly or no?

hudock 02-08-2011 10:44 AM

1 Attachment(s)
K. All I have is pic atm.

HCCAFan 02-08-2011 10:45 AM

Take a tow truck.

Diesel 02-08-2011 10:49 AM

not a very good picture, as we cant see the hub assembly or stud bolts.

98fourdoor 02-08-2011 11:00 AM

Isn't that supposed to be attached to something? Haha jk.

hudock 02-08-2011 11:53 AM

Wife took the picture I'm not there yet.

UserID6095 02-08-2011 12:07 PM

It would help if you put the lug nuts back on. jk

Im guessing an odd hub failure or all the stubs broke off.

hudock 02-08-2011 12:41 PM

And... I moved it and locked keys inside. Today sucks.

XJeepWerks 02-08-2011 01:43 PM

Looks like a hub assebly/bearing failure to me. Same thing happened to my Xj, but it was caused by VERY bad death wobble... pulled the entire two month old assebly apart. It's a $110 part at Autozone and generally not hard to replace, unless it's completely broken as yours looks to be. We ended up welding the half of the hub assebly that's connected to the wheel to a metal workbench so we could get the wheel off. Good luck with the repair!

GreenXJ95 02-08-2011 01:48 PM

happend to my dad in his zj. 60mph tire beat him down the road lol. none was hurt and his fender is jacked up but it still goes like a jeep

mentalbreakdown00 02-08-2011 01:54 PM

does not look like a hub failure, as no lug nuts are there, Looks like under tightened lug nuts.

Diesel 02-08-2011 02:01 PM


Originally Posted by mentalbreakdown00 (Post 852723)
does not look like a hub failure, as no lug nuts are there, Looks like under tightened lug nuts.


Agreed, could be broken studs, not likely all broke though.

XJeepWerks 02-08-2011 02:01 PM


Originally Posted by mentalbreakdown00 (Post 852723)
does not look like a hub failure, as no lug nuts are there, Looks like under tightened lug nuts.

Good point, I didn't take notice to that. I bet the threads on those wheel studs are toast now... :oops:

OverlandZJ 02-08-2011 02:32 PM


Originally Posted by mentalbreakdown00 (Post 852723)
does not look like a hub failure, as no lug nuts are there, Looks like under tightened lug nuts.


^^This.

Lug nuts worked loose, then broke the last few studs probably. Had this happen last summer on me, started a thread on it as well. Did you have a rotation or brakes done recently?

Stop at Autozone or similar. Grab new studs and install them if the hub bearing is still intact.


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