Dude... maybe funny at 17.5 mph but not 75 mph!!!!! Scary as heck!
Yeah, it looks REALLY odd when it happens...first the wheel starts to pull out of the wheel well...and it just keeps going...and going...and going. When it gets so far out that you can see the axle sticking out of the wheel, the whole assembly goes astable and starts wobbling all around -- then it pulls out completely and goes spinning and skipping down the road...meanwhile the vehicle sags in that corner and the brake assembly hits the pavement, making a shower of sparks. Meanwhile the occupants are staring at the wheel whizzing past them down the side of the car...and the looks on their faces is
PRICELESS! OK, so maybe it's not too funny to
THEM, but
I was grinning as I pulled in behind them and used my fire extinguisher on their flaming brake assembly.
The lesson here is to get the backspacing right so you're not unduly stressing the axle, causing premature catastropnic failure...