mm wrote:

I presume they were banned because wheels were falling off the cars?
I once changed my tire and didn't put it on well I guess, and on a two
hour trip I kept hearing knocking but didn't get out of the car to
look. I thought it was the wheel bearing or something, never having
heard a bad wheel bearing. When I got where I was going, I looked,
and it was the lug nuts that were loose. Two of my wheel holes were
oblong and the threads on two or three lug studs were ruined. I was
able to tighten 4 or 5 nuts, but I had to replace the studs.**


Heh!

I recently bought a couple of tires at Walmart. I watched the technician
re-mount the tires and asked if he was done. "No," he said, "I've got to get
the manager to re-torque on the lugs and sign-off on the job. Walmart
doesn't want you to drive out of here and have your nuts fall off."

Presently the manager appeared with a torque wrench.
Click-click-clickety-click, followed by: "Your nuts are good to go!"