After a grueling evening of finishing up a research paper, I had little sleep in preparation for work today. I wake up late and frantically hop in the mammoth Jeep to head on my way. I travel about a mile or so away from home, when I feel a little wobble and decide to slow. Suddenly, the Jeep drops a few inches on the driver's side and I think "Shite, a flat tire on my way to work." I begin to pull to the ditch on the side of the road and eventually come to a stop, only something was wrong. As I halt, an aluminum wheel wrapped in a rather large mud tire travels past my now-crippled Wrangler. I ponder "Hmm, that's rather odd."
Somehow, all 5 lug nuts had come loose and I was only able to retrieve one. I did not have my jack with me, so I had to wait an hour for a tow. I have used donor lug nuts from the other wheels and my spare until I get to the store to buy more and torque them down. The caliper, pad and rotor seem unaffected but I'm still a bit worried that something more was damaged.
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