I lost one off the Sahara after the tire place used the impact wrench on them. What really irritated me was that they didn't mention it. I went back the next day and mentioned it to the owner. He offered to replace it but I had some spares so I didn't take him up on his offer.
BTW, after having anything done that involves removing the tires be SURE to check the air pressure and torque the lug nuts.
The same time that they busted the chrome cap I checked the tire pressure when I got home (that is when I noticed the missing lug cover) and found that they had 20 PSI in them. The next time I visited that same tire shop 3 of the tires had 34 PSI and one had 26 PSI. Sadly, that is the best tire shop in town, the others are worse.
Wheeled with a fellow from Phoenix in Silverton in July. After running Engineer Pass and coming back via Cinammon Pass he noticed that he had only 2 lug nuts left on 1 wheel. Sure enough, he had his tires rotated and balanced a couple of days before the trip. Darn lucky he didn't lose a tire on Engineer.
Bill Tolle
05 Rubicon
04 Liberty
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