Been there and kinda dun that. I have a wonderful memory (age 16 in the late '60's) of my AHealey 1954 100-4 left rear wheel passing by me as the car dropped to the brake backing plate. The road filed off about a half inch of the previously round plate. Off course I hit the brake which immediately went to the floor, as I lost the whole assembly, wire wheel with knock-off intact, brake drum and mounting assembly. I never knew why it happened but the wheel ended up in the ditch as I serenely steered it into the grade school parking lot on a summer afternoon. I found myself wondering how to explain why my wheel was in the ditch and my car was in the parking lot, missing a wheel. It still was a delightful afternoon. A couple of tools to reattach the bolts which were in the road and a 2 block drive to the house. Never happened again and no I didn't use a torque wrench on the four bolts.
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