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Title: Loose lug nut indicators
Post by: lvmci on December 10, 2017, 05:59:47 PM
What do you guys think of the loose lug nut indicators by wheel check and torque-tight. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, tom...
Title: Re: Loose lug nut indicators
Post by: Raymond smith on December 10, 2017, 06:08:31 PM
I think they are great. You can tell at a glance if you have a problem. Just my two cents worth. Raymond
Title: Re: Loose lug nut indicators
Post by: HB of CJ on December 10, 2017, 11:16:40 PM
We used a dinky thin hobby paint brush and ran a radial black thin paint stripe over the studs and lug nuts.  The lug nuts were painted silver.   The wheels red.  Years ago.  Fire Department.
Title: Re: Loose lug nut indicators
Post by: Scott & Heather on December 11, 2017, 12:00:47 AM
Ugly as sin if you have polished Alcoa's.


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Title: Re: Loose lug nut indicators
Post by: lostagain on December 11, 2017, 06:53:05 AM
Yea, very ugly and industrial looking. Just put a wrench on the nuts on a regular basis to make sure they are torqued right. Or a little paint mark like HB says. Once torqued twice, they usually don't move again.

JC
Title: Re: Loose lug nut indicators
Post by: DoubleEagle on December 11, 2017, 01:49:59 PM
Seems like trash trucks use them a lot.
Title: Re: Loose lug nut indicators
Post by: Jeremy on December 11, 2017, 02:59:10 PM
Everything from panel vans upwards use them here - certainly everything remotely heavy operated by commercial or civil operators

Jeremy
Title: Re: Loose lug nut indicators
Post by: buswarrior on December 11, 2017, 04:44:10 PM
Indicators still allow the nut to loosen.

There are lug locks available now. The plastic links pairs of lugs. Here's a local supplier to me:"Zafety Lug Lock"

http://www.spectraproducts.ca/new-zafety/ (http://www.spectraproducts.ca/new-zafety/)

Happy coaching!
Buswarrior
Title: Re: Loose lug nut indicators
Post by: chessie4905 on December 11, 2017, 04:48:49 PM
If you have steel wheels, rust stains will show loose lug nuts
Title: Re: Loose lug nut indicators
Post by: luvrbus on December 15, 2017, 07:06:06 AM
Can you use those on stud pilot wheels I never saw those on anything except a hub pilot wheels
Title: Re: Loose lug nut indicators
Post by: lvmci on December 15, 2017, 08:07:57 AM
torque-tight.com & wheel-check.com are two manufacturers, I'm sure they will have more info, I was only interested in the black color, tom...
Update: Clifford,  according to Wheel-check lady, they work on both stud and hub, just different sizes. Tom...
Title: Re: Loose lug nut indicators
Post by: lostagain on December 15, 2017, 11:56:18 AM
Clifford, they slip over the nut. They don't go between the nut and the wheel.

JC