It's not every day that you see this...

Jun 24, 2016 2:35 AM

I'm driving along, going maybe 35 mph, and I hear a metallic clanking sound, and then then a sudden WOOSH...pull over, change the tire, and then take a good look and see this...

I'm thinking it must be a broken wrench or something. Otherwise, how in the hell does that happen...so I start pulling it out to see what all is there...

Lo and behold, an entire wrench somehow embedded itself into my tire!! It had to hit perfectly as the tire was rotating downwards for this to even happen.$100+ later and its all fixed and taken care of, but not many people can say they've gotten a whole line wrench to go through their tire! Edit; the line wrench is from Autocraft. One side is 10mm, and the other is 12mm. Also, yes, i do have bendy fingers, and apparently manish hands. Lmao. Ps; not a man :)

That actually happened to me several years ago.

10 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

In my garage days, I've pulled horseshoes, bones, and glass powerline insulators or of tires. Amazing what people don't dodge on the road.

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Tyrannosaurus wrenched

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

That's impressive.

10 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

You'd be surprised...

10 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Found a lug nut in my tyre ~2wks ago. I don't park in front of my mechanic neighbour's house anymore.

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

$100 dollars for a flare nut wrench? jeez, talk about a ripoff.

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

That too happened to my dad like 10 years ago, but he was going a lot faster and almost had an accident. The wrench is still in his toolbox.

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Sweet free wrench man nice job

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

What a strange happenstance, I saw a post on reddit with a larger wrench. Also your tire looks like it was cut, and wrench was inserted.

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

Is that my 10mm that I'm missing?

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Bet someone was trying to loosen those brake lines on your car. You dead? He DED

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Is it 10 MM ?

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

And it wasn't even a brand name wrench :/

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

So, $100 meaning you got a new tire, right? Because a fix would cost me like €20.

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

That's 20 Euro if it can be fixed, of course. Last time I blew a tire it got shredded beyond repair rather quickly.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I'm not really a car person, but I do know how to patch a tire and that looks like it might be too big to repair. Again, I don't know better

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I'm guessing rear tire? Front probably launched it when passing over.

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Yep. Those were my thoughts as well.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Ouch!

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

This exact thing happened to me. Flat tire on my truck. When i pick it up the mechanic hands me a 10 inch wrench he found inside the tire.

10 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Pulled a garden trowel out of somebody's tire once..

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Happened to me too on Christmas Eve. On the town's main street, no less. Had to change the tire in a puddle of slush. It was a 3/4" wrench.

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Bet that threw a spanner in the works!!

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I guess it was wrenching out some money... that was bad, I'll show myself out.

10 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 1

Are you a dad? If so then that was totally acceptable! If not, well, you're getting started early. Lol

10 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Not a dad yet! Hope to not be one for a bit until I'm somewhat at a high standing financial point.

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I worked at a tire shop for 4 years, I saw a wrench puncture a tire exactly once. Interestingly enough, glass was almost as infrequent.

10 years ago | Likes 71 Dislikes 0

I pulled an entire knife blade out of a tyre once, still fixed it

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

What about deer bone? Got us on the way home from central WI. WHOO WHEE Dad was PIIISSED

10 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 1

I've seen lost of strange stuff, railroad spike, antler, two wrenches, a long sharp rock, small chunks of wood, etc.

10 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

My mother ran over a ceramic Department of Public Safety (state troopers) mug and it broke and popped her tire. The irony was not lost on me

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I had a valve stem puncture one of my tires. The tire guys had never seen that before.

10 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Best I saw was a full screwdriver weird part was it went in handle first, oh and a piece of mulch. Physics man is some crazy shit

10 years ago | Likes 14 Dislikes 0

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10 years ago (deleted Jun 26, 2016 4:07 AM) | Likes 0 Dislikes 0

Line wrenches are handy to have.

10 years ago | Likes 37 Dislikes 0

Indeed

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

So I've been told.

10 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 0

Great for working on hydraulic lines

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Having once replaced a line with a Craftsman Robo Grip, I agree. I actually keep one in the car.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Hey, he can bleed his brakes now. (if his bleeder screws are fucking ginormous)

10 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

That way to big to be a 10mm or a 8mm.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Was it the back tire? The front could have picked it up it into the air a bit so it was in position when the back arrived.

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Someone decided to throw a wrench in your day's plans.

10 years ago | Likes 215 Dislikes 1

Beat me to it. +1

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

10 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

Lmao. Zing

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Properly spannered

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Literally. Someone probably wedged it against the tire while the car was parked.

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Parked at 35 MPH?

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Get out

10 years ago | Likes 16 Dislikes 2

Oh don't get screw loose over a pun.

10 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 0

Dude, stop with the puns. You're driving me nuts!

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

The problem is the improperly phrased idiomatic expressions

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

i like how your day is going. free wrench!

10 years ago | Likes 623 Dislikes 0

Tires are not free

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I found a wrench a couple of days ago. 10/11 i think... my boy loves it...

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

And a line wrench too. Pretty expensive and an absolute necessity when disconnecting hydraulic lines.

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

A free wench would have been better

10 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

If she ran over a wench, I feel like she'd have more to worry about.

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

You mean with the tire? I rolled to a stop almost immediately, so Im assuming there wasnt much time to rotate around & mess stuff up too bad

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

#wrexit

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

too soon man!

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Apparently it's a good wrench too. it's for brake lines or something. My vagina lady parts don't understand the significance of that though.

10 years ago | Likes 133 Dislikes 7

Please, tell us more about your vagina lady parts :3

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

You can put it on your wall. Good trophy. And that's how you test if a guy is worthy to date, if he knows what it is.

10 years ago | Likes 51 Dislikes 2

So i'm not worthy to date since I'm not a car guy? :(

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

10 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 2

Good idea!!

10 years ago | Likes 15 Dislikes 2

It's used for sensors a lot like O2 sensors that can be hard to reach and have a wire leading out back so you don't strip it with bad grasp

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

1. Love your name

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Don't put in your vagina, please.

10 years ago | Likes 27 Dislikes 1

I mean, you can't stop her, but she should atleast disinfect it first

10 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 1

Someone was hanging under your moving car and tampering with the brake lines, then dropped their wrench. You've emerged victorious.

10 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 0

You'd be correct about brake lines, or anything with PAIN IN THE ASS WIRES GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY WAY I NEED TO GET THAT OFF type stuff.

10 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

OP, someone trying to kill you by sabotage.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Why the vagina? How come not just lady parts?

10 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 1

And why are your lady parts attached to a body with such manly hands?

10 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 1

Can't unsee.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I am "lucky" enough to have large hands and feet. And shoulders. Lmao. It's somewhat unfortunate. Thank you for noticing though? ;)

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Those are a man's hands...

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 2

Sadly no. Those hands are all woman. Haha

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Well, at least everything's a dildo if you're brave enough.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Yep... it's a flare nut wrench! Nice find OP. Albeit, expensive find.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I like the trophy idea. I wouldn't dare use that one, looks like a low quality piece, I've caused expensive damage with cheap tools

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

$100 wrench*

10 years ago | Likes 202 Dislikes 2

*swoosh*

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 4

What's worse is it was a great tire on my 2 mth old car. So that wrench better serve it's purpose well at some point in the future!

10 years ago | Likes 48 Dislikes 1

Use it to change tires, accept the irony

10 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 1

Tire irony. Hmm

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

10 years ago | Likes 41 Dislikes 0

Great movie.

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

If only I will be so lucky!

10 years ago | Likes 14 Dislikes 1

Did they patch the tire or make you replace it? Because from the looks of things that can be easily patched and forgoten

10 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

If it's any bigger than a nail, it can't be patched by a shop because of liability. I wouldn't want any shop putting a patch on this.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I corrected their terminology, said worst case tubed and used as a spare. What is a 1/3 of an inch

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

The place I went said they couldn't patch it, but I took the tire with me and will have it looked at by someone else soon.

10 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

That can absolutely be patched with the proper patch material. It just would have to be cleaned up inside and vulcanized

10 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0