Car emergencies can happen at any time, often in the most inconvenient places. Whether it’s a dead battery, a flat tire, an overheating engine, or a sudden breakdown, knowing how to handle these ...

The Golden-Field RCMP remained active in the community throughout January 2025, responding to a total of 167 calls for ...

Tires are probably the most important part of a safe winter driving approach. In most parts of B.C., mainly east of Hope, ...

WINTER tires are a great way to make your vehicle safer on slippery roads, but if you don’t tighten your lug nuts, you might ...

The BC Highway Patrols is reminding drivers to tighten their lug nuts after an incident on the Trans-Canada Highway (Hwy 1) ...

I over-tightened a lug nut on an alloy wheel. It seems to have pushed right through the alloy and is up against the metal on the other ...

In any case, that wheel is now trash, Perry. You have five lugs to hold each wheel on the car, and you need every one of them. There are tremendous forces that try to separate that wheel from the car.

The rest of the lug nuts are OK. Yes. Not to worry, Perry. There’s an easy fix for this. It’s called a new wheel. You’ve ...

If your skin is particularly oily, your pores may look larger to allow the extra oil to escape. While pores can temporarily tighten or look smaller with cold temperatures or certain treatments, their ...

Until you're stuck because your lugs nuts are swollen and can't be removed to change a flat tire, wheel studs and lug nuts are often ignored.