Re: Wheels' Lug nuts loosened unexpectedly

Retired VIP <jackj.extradots.180@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in 
news:iti18411mt7sf6nnfkf98o5bf4t7hrqe86@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
> You need to be sure that the shoulder of the nut is seated properly
> into the counter-sunk lug hole of the wheel.



One thing I'd caution is to make sure the nuts are properly mated to the 
wheel. When people start swapping and mix-matching OEM for/with 
aftermarket, some odd and non-functional combinations can occur. Not
saying 
Built_Well is doing this, but just in case...

A case in point is a neighbor of mine who obtained a set of wheels and a 
set of chrome nuts from separate sources. Well. The wheels had a
45-degree shoulder on the nut seating surfaces, but his new wheel nuts had

what appeared to be a 60-degree seating surface.

My neighbor came to me saying the wheels kept loosening up on him, and
what 
could I do to fix it? I made some basic checks, found the mismatch and
said 
he should get the proper nuts, even if they were cheapo non-chrome ones.
He 
insisted he had no time and had to get where he was going, so I tried to 
torque them up for him. Believe it or not, they did eventually reach
proper 
torque, but it was obvious the wheel hole shoulders were deforming in
order 
to achieve this. I told him I wasn't sure how well this was going to work,

so to be careful as he drove.

They came loose again in about an hour's driving.


-- 
Tegger