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Re: Co I really have to take off the display, the lid?

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On 2020-10-12 12:16 a.m., micky wrote:
> In comp.sys.laptops, on Sun, 11 Oct 2020 10:24:52 -0400, micky
> <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> wrote:
> 
>>
>> **I once had surgery in December, and it snowed and tthe snow was more
>> than half-way up my car's wheels, and I wasn't supposed to go out for
>> several weeks until my shoulder healed.  One of my wheels didn't have
>> its wheel cover on (I don't know what happens now that so many cars
>> have no wheel covers or hubcaps) and in the spring I took my brother to
>> Newark airport.  When I got back to the car, that tire was flat, and I
>> coudln't get the lug nuts off.
> 
> This was a rear tire, iirc.  RWD car.   I think.  The studs came out of
> a thick disk at the end of the axle, not out of the brake drum.
>>
>> Finally, by standing on, jumping up and down on, the lugwrench, I got it
>> off but broke 3 of the 5 studs.  Or maybe 4.   I lived in Brooklyn
>> What a responsible adult would do is find a garage in Newark to tow my
>> car in (on Sunday) and fix it on Monday, and I would talke public
>> transportation to Manhattan, and the subway to Brooklyn, then come back
>> the same way when the car was fixed.
> 
> There was no web so I'd have to try to glean who to call and how to get
> home and back.
> 
> It would have taken over an hour, to find a repair shop on the phone and
> wait for his tow truck to arrive, then over an hour to get home from the
> airport.   Maybe more than 4 altogether.  It was 7PM on Sunday.
> 
> The next day, I guess it would take 2 to 4 hours to get to the shop,
> probably have to take a cab from the airport or train station.
>>
>> OR, I could drive home.
>>
>> When I went straight or turned left, the car was okay, but when I turned
>> right the wheel went clunk, clunk, clunk.
>>
>> If I still had 2 good studs when I left hte airport, at some point I
>> broke one.   Then I got to the Holland Tunnel.  If you break down there
>> they charge you a lot to take you out.   They have a tow truck that sits
>> there 24/7 waiting for people to break down, so they have to pay for the
>> tow truck with the fees they charge, plus they're annoyed, so they
>> charge more.
>>
>> But I decided I'd drive through the Holland Tunnel.   That went okay,
>> and I turned east on Walker St.   NYC downtown is very quiet on Sunday
>> evening.  Just before I got to Broadway,
> 
> Only a quarter mile from the tunnel exit.
> 
>> the last stud broke and the
>> wheel fell off the car.   Phone call, I'll finish later.
> 
> So the wheel fell off the car but the tire didn't go far.   I walked up
> to Broadway, which is one-way south, and looked around.  I found a
> little parking lot only 50 yards north of Walker St.   It was empty
> because it was Sunday evening
> 
> I must be an idiot but I jacked up the car and put the wheel back on,
> with NO lug nuts.  Lowered the jack and drove and I got no more than 6
> inches and the wheel fell off again.
>     Jacked it up again, put the wheel on, lowered the jack, drove and I
> got about 6 feet!!
>     Jacked it up again, put the wheel on, lowered the jack, drove and I
> made it 30 feet to Broadway, turned left, 150 feet to the parking lot,
> turned left, drove over the curb and into the lot.
> 
> I couldnt' believe it.  I still can't.  And I guess I'm not an idiot.
> 
> No cars on that part of Broadway on Sunday evening so I was able to go
> north on the south-bound street
> 
> Took the subway home, read the shop manual about using a hydraulic press
> to take out the broken studs, and to insert new studs.    Next  morning
> road my bicycle to Atlantic Wheel and Rim, only a mile away..  I
> commented on my problem and the parts guy said, "No one does it that
> way.  Use a punch and a hammer to take them out. Then put the stud
> through the hole and  tighten the lug nuts until the studs are in."
> (then take off the nuts and put the wheel on.)
> 
> Went home, gathered up a few tools, took the train to my car, and did
> what he said.   Took maybe 30 minutes.    Cost me 40 years ago about
> $10, a dollar for each stud and each nut.    Plus  1 1/2 x the cost of
> parking all day in the lot.   I parked sideways and went over 3 spots,
> and he asked for 3x, but easily settled for 1.5.  He could have parked 1
> car next to me and it was only about 10AM. He could probably fill all 3
> spots.    --- There is an office building there now.
> 
> You all know this already from your own experience, but this was the
> most outstanding example in my experience of often able to do things
> quicker and better than the book instructions.
> 

What make of car?   Were they right  or left hand threads? Curious  is 
all, I'm remembering the first time I ran into left hand lugnuts.

Rene

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