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Originally Posted by iverson
Thank you all for the good advice but after looking closer at the wheel I see the lug holes are wallowed out and the wheel was really wearing into drum even with the lugs tight! The wheel and hubcap I believe is original to the car and the very old Allstate tire still holds air so I hung it as a spare. I am going to put four new tires on soon so it will work fine for that. Funny I checked to make sure all the lugs were tight before putting car on the road and I have been throwing the car around corners harder than I would have if I had tires on it I cared about!
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If in question you think the wheel holes are washed, take a lug nut and put to each hole and see if it extends thru the wheel, if so the wheel will never tighten to the hub. When I go to swap meets I put a lug nut in my pocket to check the holes.