[Maynard]

Passing along a warning from the last HPDE I attended. They recently had somebody who lost a wheel from lug bolt failure (on track - OUCH), and the techs were reminding us of something that wasn't really news to me, but not something I see mentioned often. Wheel lug bolts are being stretched each time they are torqued, and they will eventually fail; Tracking leads to a whole lot more of this than the factories plan for, and the damage is greatly magnified if you've had a gun-monkey put your wheels on with too much torque. They are recommending replacement every 2-3 years (I think this is similar to what they suggest for wheel studs too). And if nothing else, it makes for a great excuse to replace those junky looking lugs with nice new ones that match the wheels.