While at Grand Junction, discovered a broken spring on my Heartland, which caused undue wear on tires on the passenger side. Bought four new G114 at a tire shop then went to another store to get a new spring. The shop took off all four tires so they could realign the axle, which was slightly misaligned because of the broken spring.
After leaving Grand Junction the same day we drove to Rifle Gap SP for a few days, then on Friday left to go to Vernal, UT. About 10 miles west on Meeker, CO when I glanced at my side mirror, I saw a tire following us down the road - my back, driver-side tire had come off. After pulling over, I retrieved my tire, then assessed the damage, tire fender nearly broken off, and 3 studs broken off. Called my roadside service, but because of my location it would take 2-3 hours for service. So I put the tire back on, and tighten 4 lug nuts that I took off from the other tires (the 5th lug nut I could not put on since the stud was stripped), then slowly drove back to Meeker. The auto and truck repair said that they will not be able to see me until mid-week, so will be at Meeker for a week.
Question, should the spring shop be responsible and pay for the repair? I called them and they said I should have rechecked the lug nuts, but if the lug were put on at the proper tension should they have come loose after about 100 miles?
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After leaving Grand Junction the same day we drove to Rifle Gap SP for a few days, then on Friday left to go to Vernal, UT. About 10 miles west on Meeker, CO when I glanced at my side mirror, I saw a tire following us down the road - my back, driver-side tire had come off. After pulling over, I retrieved my tire, then assessed the damage, tire fender nearly broken off, and 3 studs broken off. Called my roadside service, but because of my location it would take 2-3 hours for service. So I put the tire back on, and tighten 4 lug nuts that I took off from the other tires (the 5th lug nut I could not put on since the stud was stripped), then slowly drove back to Meeker. The auto and truck repair said that they will not be able to see me until mid-week, so will be at Meeker for a week.
Question, should the spring shop be responsible and pay for the repair? I called them and they said I should have rechecked the lug nuts, but if the lug were put on at the proper tension should they have come loose after about 100 miles?
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