I have a pair of AR rims i believe and today i just had a near death experience with them... i was driving down the road going 40 when all of a sudden i saw something cling off to the side of the road. I thought nothing of it, then in a few more feet another one and another one!! I quickly realized that these were lug nuts and i pulled off to the side of the road, but not before another one fell off. I parked and saw that i only had two lug nuts still on. I called a buddy and had h im bring a jack and stands so that i could put them back on, thinking that i just didnt torque them down enough.

Unfortunatly i found that the holes in the rim were now much much too large for my lug nuts to hold them in place. At this point i am really freaking out (Untill i remember that i have a spare on my tire carrier )

When i get home safe and sound, i take a closer look at my rims. It seems that the two lugs that stayed in tact have an insert pressed into the inner lug hole that sets the right diameter. However, 4 of the 6 inserts all came out at one time. Are these inserts stock? Or where they an after marked addition? Can i have new ones pressed in or is it unsafe?

These are the holes with the inserts still:


This is what the holes look like without the insert:

 

I'd suggest scrapping those rims and finding some new ones that aren't a death trap.

:wabbit2:

 

What kind of wheels are those?

What kind of Lug nuts were you using ??

Are the wheels cracked??

What is the inside diameter of the holes where the inserts?? popped out??
:wabbit2: He does make sense at times