how often do you check your (wheel) nuts?

[italianjob]

hello there

Interested in peoples opinions on this please - I've posted a topic in the technical forum under the heading 'powder coated wheel came off' - all is explained there, but i thought it would be a good idea to get some cross referenceing between forums for greater coverage.

Basically my F/N wheel decided to make a break for freedom in true steve macqeen style - luckily it was at a relatively low speed and all is well, but it could have been a lot worse.

So, how often do you check your nuts

[tinman]

Thats happened to me, so not often enough

[California Dreamin]

You have sort of answered your own question....
After painting (powder coating) the nuts/bolts tighten onto paint and so it is not unheard of for wheels to come loose.
What people should do....is to re-toque the wheels (180NM) after a few days driving (ideally remove and refit each wheel nut and bolt but I know thats a bit much)
Infact it's good practice to re-torque wheels two times (after removal and again after road test)
Once the initial paint is compressed/flaked away, the bolts don't come undone.
And as these are 14mm the tighteness is considerably higher than you would expect...thats why you should invest in a cheapish torque wrench to take away the guesswork.

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Martin

[72BUG]

Honest answer.

Never.

[82JEW75]

Honest answer:

When they work loose!!

Agree on the advice given.

Insist that your garage/wheel place uses a torque wrench rather than just doing them up on the air gun.

[Hacksawbob]

get an engineers pen/ grease pencil that writes on anything, mark the bolt and mark the wheel so you can see if its moved.