Matt93SE

So I'm doing a suspension install on a customer's 2004 Maxima today... do the left side, easy stuff.. 20 min for the front strut... get to the right side and start pulling the wheel off.. wtf? wheel's all wobbly! "dood, you have a bad wheel bearing"

I pull the suspension apart and get ready to pull the axle nut off the wheel hub so I can remove the whole spindle.. THE AXLE NUT WAS ONLY HAND TIGHT!!! WTF?!?!?!

Nissan never torqued this thing properly at the factory (the owner has never even had the wheels pulled off it before he brought it to me), and it caused the bearing to go bad.. Of course it took out the wheel hub as well.. Cost my customer $200 in parts and another $150 in labor because of a screwup fron Nissan..

Just a heads-up on you guys with '04 models. next time you're playing with the car, pull off the front wheels and check the torque on those axle nuts.

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